predicar Present Subjunctive Conjugation
predicar — to preach
Predicar has a spelling change (c to qu) in all forms: predique, prediques, predique, prediquemos, prediquéis, prediquen.
predicar Present Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Present Subjunctive
Use this tense when expressing a wish, doubt, or recommendation about someone's preaching or the spreading of a message, often after phrases like 'quiero que' or 'es importante que'.
Notes on predicar in the Present Subjunctive
Because the verb ends in -car, the 'c' changes to 'qu' before an 'e' to keep the hard 'k' sound. This occurs in all forms of the present subjunctive.
Example Sentences
Espero que mi abuelo predique con el ejemplo.
I hope my grandfather practices (preaches) what he preaches.
él/ella/usted
No quiero que tú prediques en la plaza hoy.
I don't want you to preach in the plaza today.
tú
Es necesario que prediquemos la paz.
It is necessary that we preach peace.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: predice
Correct: predique
Why: Learners often forget the spelling change 'c' to 'qu' required for the subjunctive of -car verbs.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: predico
Predicar is fully regular in the present tense: predico, predicas, predica, predicamos, predicáis, predican.
Preterite
yo: prediqué
Predicar is regular except for the 'yo' form, which changes to 'prediqué'.
Imperfect
yo: predicaba
The imperfect of predicar is regular: predicaba, predicabas, predicaba, predicábamos, predicabais, predicaban.
Future
yo: predicaré
The future of predicar is regular: predicaré, predicarás, predicará, predicaremos, predicaréis, predicarán.
Conditional
yo: predicaría
The conditional of predicar is regular: predicaría, predicarías, predicaría, predicaríamos, predicaríais, predicarían.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: predicara
The imperfect subjunctive of predicar uses the -ra endings: predicara, predicaras, predicara, predicáramos, predicarais, predicaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: predica
The imperative uses 'predica' (tú) and 'predique' (usted/ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no prediques
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms: no prediques, no predique, no prediquemos, no prediquéis, no prediquen.