rogar Imperfect Conjugation
rogar — to beg
The imperfect of rogar is completely regular: rogaba, rogabas, rogaba, rogábamos, rogabais, rogaban.
rogar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe ongoing pleas in the past or to set the scene (e.g., 'he was begging when...').
Notes on rogar in the Imperfect
Rogar is regular in the imperfect. There is no stem change and no spelling change in this tense.
Example Sentences
De niño, siempre rogaba por un perro.
As a child, I always used to beg for a dog.
yo
Los prisioneros rogaban por agua.
The prisoners were begging for water.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Rogábamos que el tiempo mejorara.
We were praying/begging that the weather would improve.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on the 'nosotros' form.
Correct: rogábamos
Why: All -ar verbs in the imperfect require an accent on the 'á' in the nosotros form.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: ruego
The present tense of rogar features an o-to-ue stem change: ruego, ruegas, ruega, rogamos, rogáis, ruegan.
Preterite
yo: rogué
The preterite of rogar has a spelling change in the 'yo' form (rogué) but is otherwise regular.
Future
yo: rogaré
The future tense of rogar is regular: rogaré, rogarás, rogará, rogaremos, rogaréis, rogarán.
Conditional
yo: rogaría
The conditional of rogar is regular: rogaría, rogarías, rogaría, rogaríamos, rogaríais, rogarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: ruegue
The present subjunctive of rogar combines the o-to-ue stem change with the g-to-gu spelling change: ruegue, ruegues, ruegue, roguemos, roguéis, rueguen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: rogara
The imperfect subjunctive of rogar is regular based on the preterite stem: rogara, rogaras, rogara, rogáramos, rogarais, rogaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: ruega
The imperative uses 'ruega' (tú) and 'rogad' (vosotros), while others use subjunctive forms: ruegue, roguemos, rueguen.
Negative Imperative
yo: no ruegues
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms: no ruegues, no ruegue, no roguemos, no roguéis, no rueguen.