recomendar Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugation
recomendar — to recommend
Formed from the 'recomendaron' stem: recomendara, recomendaras...
recomendar Imperfect Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Imperfect Subjunctive
Used for past suggestions or hypothetical 'if' situations, like 'If I recommended it, would you go?'
Notes on recomendar in the Imperfect Subjunctive
Regularly formed from the third-person plural preterite. No stem change 'ie' occurs here.
Example Sentences
Si yo te recomendara ese lugar, ¿irías?
If I recommended that place to you, would you go?
yo
Fue una lástima que no recomendaran la pizza.
It was a shame they didn't recommend the pizza.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Me pidió que recomendara a su hijo.
He asked me to recommend his son.
yo
Common Mistakes
Mistake: recomiendara
Correct: recomendara
Why: Stem changes like 'ie' from the present tense never apply to the imperfect subjunctive.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: recomiendo
Recomendar has a stem change (e > ie) in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: recomendé
Recomendar is completely regular in the preterite; it does NOT have a stem change here.
Imperfect
yo: recomendaba
Recomendar is regular in the imperfect: recomendaba, recomendabas, recomendaba...
Future
yo: recomendaré
The future of recomendar is regular: add endings to the full infinitive.
Conditional
yo: recomendaría
The conditional uses the full infinitive + ía: recomendaría, recomendarías...
Present Subjunctive
yo: recomiende
Uses the 'ie' stem change: recomiende, recomiendes, recomiende...
Affirmative Imperative
yo: recomienda
Give direct advice: recomienda (tú), recomiende (usted).
Negative Imperative
yo: no recomiendes
Uses 'no' + present subjunctive: no recomiendes, no recomiende.