Imperative TenseTenso Imperativo

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Introduction

Also known as the command tense, the imperative tense is used to issue direct commands, make requests, and issue calls to action.

It has no first-person singular (yo) conjugation, as it is impossible to issue yourself commands.

More properly, the imperative is called a mood, rather than a tense, because it makes no claim to when an action is being performed. For the sake of simplicity however, we call it a tense here.

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Conjugation Examples

trabajar to work
yo
trabaja
él / ella / usted trabaje
nosotros / nosotras trabajemos
vosotros / vosotras trabajad
ellos / ellas / ustedes trabajen
correr to run
yo
corre
él / ella / usted corra
nosotros / nosotras corramos
vosotros / vosotras corred
ellos / ellas / ustedes corran
vivir to live
yo
vive
él / ella / usted viva
nosotros / nosotras vivamos
vosotros / vosotras vivid
ellos / ellas / ustedes vivan
estar to be (temporal)
yo
está
él / ella / usted esté
nosotros / nosotras estemos
vosotros / vosotras estad
ellos / ellas / ustedes estén

Additional Reading:
Personal Subject Pronouns
Verb Conjugations