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.
