The imperative Flashcards
What is the imperative used for? (4)
To give orders
To give instructions
To ask favours
To ask advice
Is the imperative a mood or a tense?
A mood
Which pronouns do you use the imperative with? (5)
Tú (you singular, informal)
Vosotros (you plural, informal)
Nosotros (we)
Usted (you singular, formal)
Ustedes (you plural, formal)
There are two forms of the imperative mood. What are they and what are they used for?
Affirmative, to ask someone to do something
Negative, to ask someone not to do something
Which conjugation does tú take in the affirmative imperative?
How do you form it?
As examples, conjugate:
cambiar
vivir
Indicative
Take off the -s from the tú form of the indicative
cambia = change
vive = live
Which conjugation does tú take in the negative imperative?
How do you form it?
As examples, conjugate:
no cambiar
no vivir
Subjunctive
Take off the -o from the yo form of the indicative and add the appropriate subjunctive ending
no cambies = do not change
no vivas = do not live
Which conjugation does vosotros take in the affirmative imperative?
How do you form it?
As examples, conjugate:
cambiar
vivir
Indicative
Take off the -ais/-eis from the vosotros form of the indicative and add -ad/-id
cambiad = change
vivid = live
Which conjugation does vosotros take in the negative imperative?
How do you form it?
As examples, conjugate:
no cambiar
no vivir
Subjunctive
Take off the -o from the yo form of the indicative and add the appropriate subjunctive ending
no cambiéis = do not change
no viváis = do not live
Which conjugation does usted take in the affirmative imperative?
How do you form it?
As examples, conjugate:
cambiar
vivir
Subjunctive
Take off the -o from the yo form of the indicative and add the appropriate subjunctive ending
cambie = change
viva = live
Which conjugation does usted take in the negative imperative?
How do you form it?
As examples, conjugate:
no cambiar
no vivir
Subjunctive
Take off the -o from the yo form of the indicative and add the appropriate subjunctive ending
no cambie = change
no viva = live
Which conjugation does ustedes take in the negative imperative?
How do you form it?
As examples, conjugate:
cambiar
vivir
Subjunctive
Take off the -o from the yo form of the indicative and add the appropriate subjunctive ending
No cambien = do not change
No vivan = do not live
Which conjugation does ustedes take in the affirmative imperative?
How do you form it?
As examples, conjugate:
Cambiar
Vivir
Subjunctive
Take off the -o from the yo form of the indicative and add the appropriate subjunctive ending
cambien = change
vivan = live
Which conjugation does nosotros take in the affirmative imperative?
How do you form it?
As examples, conjugate:
cambiar
vivir
Subjunctive
Take off the -o from the yo form of the indicative and add the appropriate subjunctive ending
cambiemos = change
vivamos = live
Which conjugation does nosotros take in the negative imperative?
How do you form it?
As examples, conjugate:
no cambiar
no vivir
Subjunctive
Take off the -o from the yo form of the indicative and add the appropriate subjunctive ending
no cambiemos = change
no vivamos = live
All five pronouns (tú, vosotros, nosotros, usted, ustedes) just use the subjunctive for both the affirmative and negative imperative. True or false?
False
Tú and vosotros take the indicative for the affirmative imperative, while nosotros, usted and ustedes take the subjunctive.
All five pronouns take the subjunctive for the negative imperative.
If the verb you are conjugating into the imperative is reflexive, where does the pronoun go?
Write ‘do not get up’ in the tú form as an example.
Write ‘go to bed’ in the vosotros form as an example
At the end
no levanteste
acostados
Decir is irregular in the tú form of the imperative. What is the…
Affirmative
Negative
di
no digas
Ir is irregular in the tú form of the imperative. What is the…
Affirmative
Negative
ve
no vayas
Hacer is irregular in the tú form of the imperative. What is the…
Affirmative
Negative
haz
no hagas
Poner is irregular in the tú form of the imperative. What is the…
Affirmative
Negative
pon
no pongas
Oír is irregular in the tú form of the imperative. What is the…
Affirmative
Negative
oye
no oigas
Venir is irregular in the tú form of the imperative. What is the…
Affirmative
Negative
ven
no vengas
Salir is irregular in the tú form of the imperative. What is the…
Affirmative
Negative
sal
no salgas
Decir is irregular in the ustedes form of the imperative. What is the…
Affirmative
Negative
digan
no digan
Ir is irregular in the ustedes form of the imperative. What is the…
Affirmative
Negative
vayan
no vayan
Hacer is irregular in the ustedes form of the imperative. What is the…
Affirmative
Negative
hagan
no hagan
Poner is irregular in the ustedes form of the imperative. What is the…
Affirmative
Negative
pongan
no pongan
Oír is irregular in the ustedes form of the imperative. What is the…
Affirmative
Negative
oigan
no oigan
Venir is irregular in the ustedes form of the imperative. What is the…
Affirmative
Negative
vengan
no vengan
Salir is irregular in the ustedes form of the imperative. What is the…
Affirmative
Negative
salgan
no salgan
