marcar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
marcar — dial
Give commands with marcar: marca (tú), marque (usted), marcad (vosotros), marquen (ustedes).
marcar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to tell someone to dial a phone number, score a goal, or mark a page.
Notes on marcar in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'usted' and 'ustedes' forms use the 'qu' spelling change because they are pulled from the subjunctive.
Example Sentences
¡Marca el número ahora!
Dial the number now!
tú
Marque la casilla de arriba, por favor.
Mark the box at the top, please.
usted
Marcad el paso, soldados.
Keep time (mark the step), soldiers.
vosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: marce (usted)
Correct: marque
Why: Formal commands for -ar verbs end in 'e', and you must use 'qu' to keep the hard 'k' sound.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: marco
The present tense of marcar is completely regular: marco, marcas, marca, marcamos, marcáis, marcan.
Preterite
yo: marqué
The preterite of marcar has a spelling change in the first person: marqué, marcaste, marcó, marcamos, marcasteis, marcaron.
Imperfect
yo: marcaba
The imperfect of marcar is regular: marcaba, marcabas, marcaba, marcábamos, marcabais, marcaban.
Future
yo: marcaré
The future tense is formed by adding endings to the full infinitive: marcaré, marcarás, marcará, marcaremos, marcaréis, marcarán.
Conditional
yo: marcaría
The conditional uses the infinitive plus -ía endings: marcaría, marcarías, marcaría, marcaríamos, marcaríais, marcarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: marque
The present subjunctive uses a 'qu' spelling change: marque, marques, marque, marquemos, marquéis, marquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: marcara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular: marcara, marcaras, marcara, marcáramos, marcarais, marcaran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no marques
Negative commands use the subjunctive with 'no': no marques, no marque, no marquemos, no marquéis, no marquen.