navegar Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugation
navegar — to sail
The imperfect subjunctive of navegar is regular: navegara, navegaras, navegara, navegáramos, navegarais, navegaran.
navegar Imperfect Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Imperfect Subjunctive
Use this in 'if' clauses with the conditional or after past verbs expressing wishes or doubts.
Notes on navegar in the Imperfect Subjunctive
Navegar is regular here. The spelling change from the present subjunctive is not needed because the endings start with 'a'.
Example Sentences
Si yo navegara más, sería más feliz.
If I sailed more, I would be happier.
yo
Me pidió que navegara por la web para buscar información.
He asked me to browse the web to look for information.
él/ella/usted
Si nosotros navegáramos juntos, nos divertiríamos.
If we sailed together, we would have fun.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent in 'navegáramos'.
Correct: navegáramos
Why: The 'nosotros' form of the imperfect subjunctive always carries an accent on the vowel before the 'ra'.
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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.
Imperfect
yo: navegaba
The imperfect of navegar is regular: navegaba, navegabas, navegaba, navegábamos, navegabais, navegaban.
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.
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.