Coger conjugation chart
Coger present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I take | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you take | |
| vos | you take | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she takes | |
| nosotros | we take | |
| vosotros | you all take | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they take |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Coger preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I took | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you took | |
| vos | you took | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she took | |
| nosotros | we took | |
| vosotros | you all took | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they took |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Coger imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to take | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to take | |
| vos | you used to take | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to take | |
| nosotros | we used to take | |
| vosotros | you all used to take | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to take |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Coger future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will take | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will take | |
| vos | you will take | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will take | |
| nosotros | we will take | |
| vosotros | you all will take | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will take |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Coger conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would take | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would take | |
| vos | you would take | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would take | |
| nosotros | we would take | |
| vosotros | you all would take | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would take |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Coger present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I take | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you take | |
| vos | that you take | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she take | |
| nosotros | that we take | |
| vosotros | that you all take | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they take |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Coger imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I took | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you took | |
| vos | if you took | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she took | |
| nosotros | if we took | |
| vosotros | if you all took | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they took |
Regular: same endings as comer.
In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (cogiese), more common in writing.
Coger affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | take! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | take! | |
| usted | take! | |
| nosotros | let's take! | |
| vosotros | take! | |
| ustedes | take! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: coge. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (coja, cojamos, cojan).
Coger negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't take! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't take! | |
| usted | don't take! | |
| nosotros | let's not take! | |
| vosotros | don't take! | |
| ustedes | don't take! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + cojas, coja…
Always the verb haber + the past participle cogido, which never changes.
Coger present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he cogido |
|---|---|
| tú | has cogido |
| vos | has cogido |
| él, ella, usted | ha cogido |
| nosotros | hemos cogido |
| vosotros | habéis cogido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han cogido |
Coger pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había cogido |
|---|---|
| tú | habías cogido |
| vos | habías cogido |
| él, ella, usted | había cogido |
| nosotros | habíamos cogido |
| vosotros | habíais cogido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían cogido |
Coger future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré cogido |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás cogido |
| vos | habrás cogido |
| él, ella, usted | habrá cogido |
| nosotros | habremos cogido |
| vosotros | habréis cogido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán cogido |
Coger conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría cogido |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías cogido |
| vos | habrías cogido |
| él, ella, usted | habría cogido |
| nosotros | habríamos cogido |
| vosotros | habríais cogido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían cogido |
Coger present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya cogido |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas cogido |
| vos | hayas cogido |
| él, ella, usted | haya cogido |
| nosotros | hayamos cogido |
| vosotros | hayáis cogido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan cogido |
In Latin America, ustedes is the only “you all”; vosotros is used only in Spain. Vos is used in Argentina, Uruguay and much of Central America. Uncheck the boxes above to hide what you don’t need.
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