organizar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
organizar — to organize
The imperative of organizar uses 'organiza' for tú and 'organice' for formal/plural commands.
organizar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to give direct orders or instructions to someone to arrange or tidy something up.
Notes on organizar in the Affirmative Imperative
The formal commands (usted/ustedes) and 'nosotros' use the 'c' spelling change (organice, organicen, organicemos). The 'tú' form remains 'organiza'.
Example Sentences
Organiza tu escritorio ahora mismo.
Organize your desk right now.
tú
Organice usted los papeles, por favor.
Organize the papers, please (formal).
usted
Organicemos una reunión para el lunes.
Let's organize a meeting for Monday.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'organise' for the formal command.
Correct: organice
Why: The 'c' replaces the 'z' because of the 'e' in the ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: organizo
Organizar is a completely regular -ar verb in the present indicative.
Preterite
yo: organicé
The preterite of organizar has a spelling change in the 'yo' form (organicé) but is otherwise regular.
Imperfect
yo: organizaba
The imperfect of organizar is regular, using the standard -aba endings.
Future
yo: organizaré
The future tense of organizar is regular: add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the infinitive.
Conditional
yo: organizaría
The conditional of organizar is regular: add -ía endings to the full infinitive.
Present Subjunctive
yo: organice
The present subjunctive of organizar changes the 'z' to 'c' in all forms (organice, organices, etc.).
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: organizara
The imperfect subjunctive of organizar is regular, based on the third-person plural preterite (organizaron).
Negative Imperative
yo: no organices
The negative imperative of organizar always uses the present subjunctive forms with 'no'.