seguir Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugation
seguir — to follow
The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'sigui-' stem derived from the preterite: siguiera, siguieras, siguiera...
seguir Imperfect Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Imperfect Subjunctive
Use it for hypothetical situations (if I continued...) or when the main verb is in the past and requires the subjunctive.
Notes on seguir in the Imperfect Subjunctive
Always build this from the third-person plural preterite (siguieron), dropping the '-ron' to get your base.
Example Sentences
Si yo siguiera tu plan, todo saldría bien.
If I followed your plan, everything would turn out well.
yo
Me pidió que le siguiera.
He asked me to follow him.
yo
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'seguiera' with an 'e'.
Correct: siguiera
Why: It must match the stem of the preterite 'ellos' form (siguieron).
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: sigo
In the present tense, seguir undergoes an 'e' to 'i' stem change in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: seguí
Seguir changes its stem to 'sig-' in the third-person forms (sigió, siguieron) in the preterite.
Imperfect
yo: seguía
The imperfect of seguir is regular: seguía, seguías, seguía, seguíamos, seguíais, seguían.
Future
yo: seguiré
The future tense of seguir is regular: simply add the endings to the infinitive (seguiré, seguirás...).
Conditional
yo: seguiría
The conditional is regular: add the endings to the full infinitive (seguiría, seguirías...).
Present Subjunctive
yo: siga
The present subjunctive uses the 'sig-' stem for all persons: siga, sigas, siga, sigamos, sigáis, sigan.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: sigue
Give commands using 'sigue' (tú) or 'siga' (usted).
Negative Imperative
yo: no sigas
Negative commands always use the present subjunctive: no sigas, no siga, no sigamos.