navegar Imperfect Conjugation
navegar — to sail
The imperfect of navegar is regular: navegaba, navegabas, navegaba, navegábamos, navegabais, navegaban.
navegar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this for ongoing past actions or descriptions, like describing what you used to do as a sailor or a recurring habit of browsing the web.
Notes on navegar in the Imperfect
Navegar is completely regular in the imperfect. All -ar verbs follow this 'aba' pattern.
Example Sentences
Cuando era niño, navegaba con mi abuelo.
When I was a child, I used to sail with my grandfather.
yo
Antes navegábamos sin GPS.
Before, we used to navigate without GPS.
nosotros
Ustedes navegaban por la red mientras yo dormía.
You all were browsing the web while I was sleeping.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on 'navegábamos'.
Correct: navegábamos
Why: The 'nosotros' form of the imperfect always requires an accent on the first 'a' of the ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: navego
The present tense of navegar is regular: navego, navegas, navega, navegamos, navegáis, navegan.
Preterite
yo: navegué
Navegar has a spelling change in the 'yo' form (navegué) to keep the hard 'g' sound; others are regular.
Future
yo: navegaré
The future of navegar is regular: navegaré, navegarás, navegará, navegaremos, navegaréis, navegarán.
Conditional
yo: navegaría
The conditional of navegar is regular: navegaría, navegarías, navegaría, navegaríamos, navegaríais, navegarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: navegue
The present subjunctive uses a 'gu' spelling in all forms: navegue, navegues, navegue, naveguemos, naveguéis, naveguen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: navegara
The imperfect subjunctive of navegar is regular: navegara, navegaras, navegara, navegáramos, navegarais, navegaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: navega
The imperative uses 'navega' for tú and 'navegue(n)' for formal commands.
Negative Imperative
yo: no navegues
Negative commands always use the present subjunctive forms: no navegues, no navegue, no naveguemos, no naveguéis, no naveguen.