organizar Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugation
organizar — to organize
The imperfect subjunctive of organizar is regular, based on the third-person plural preterite (organizaron).
organizar Imperfect Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Imperfect Subjunctive
Use this for hypothetical situations in the past or in 'if' clauses (e.g., 'If I organized...').
Notes on organizar in the Imperfect Subjunctive
This tense is regular. It does not have the Z to C spelling change because the endings start with 'a' (organizara).
Example Sentences
Si yo organizara mejor mi día, terminaría antes.
If I organized my day better, I would finish sooner.
yo
Me gustaría que tú organizaras la música.
I would like you to organize the music.
tú
Dudaba que nosotros organizáramos todo a tiempo.
I doubted that we would organize everything on time.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on the 'nosotros' form.
Correct: organizáramos
Why: All 'nosotros' forms in the imperfect subjunctive require an accent on the vowel before the -ramos 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.).
Affirmative Imperative
yo: organiza
The imperative of organizar uses 'organiza' for tú and 'organice' for formal/plural commands.
Negative Imperative
yo: no organices
The negative imperative of organizar always uses the present subjunctive forms with 'no'.