Imperative Mood Conjugations: Ud., nosotros, Uds.

Conjugaciones del imperativo

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The Spanish imperative exists for 5 different grammatical people: tú, Ud., nosotros, vosotros, and Uds. This page explains the imperative conjugations for Ud., nosotros, and Uds., which are the same for both affirmative and negative commands.

Regular -AR verbs

The imperative for all commands for Ud., nosotros, and Uds. are formed by taking the present tense of the verb and changing the A at the beginning of the suffix to E.

Regular -ER verbs

For all Ud., nosotros, and Uds. commands, change the E at the beginning of the suffix to A.

Regular -IR verbs

Change the vowel at the beginning of the suffix to A:

1) For Ud. and Uds., change E to A.

2) For nosotros: change I to A.

En resumen …

Notes

• The imperative endings for -ER and -IR verbs are identical.
• The vast majority of Spanish imperative conjugations are the same as subjunctive conjugations.

Page 2: Imperative conjugations for tú and vosotros

 Imperative Quizzes

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• Guacamole recipe
• Paella recipe
• Panallets recipe
• Tinto de verano

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 Related lessons

• Using the imperative
• Imperative conjugations for tú and vosotros
• Imperative with object pronouns
• Imperative lessons – PwLS super list
• Indirect commands
• Negation
• Introduction to verbs

 Spanish lesson plans

• Commands (Project, 6th-12th grade)
• Imperative Mood (Lesson, 6th-12th grade)
   

 En français

• Impératif
   

 In italiano

• Imperativo
   

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