aislar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
aislar — to isolate
The imperative uses the 'boot' accentuation: aísla (tú), aislad (vosotros), aísle (usted).
aislar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to give direct orders, like telling someone to insulate a pipe or to isolate a variable in an equation.
Notes on aislar in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú', 'usted', and 'ustedes' forms keep the accent on the 'í' to maintain the stress.
Example Sentences
Aísla la variable 'x' primero.
Isolate the variable 'x' first.
tú
Aislemos la zona de peligro.
Let's isolate the danger zone.
nosotros
¡Aislad el ruido, por favor!
Isolate the noise, please!
vosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'aisla' without the accent for the tú command.
Correct: aísla
Why: The accent is required to break the diphthong and stress the 'i'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: aíslo
In the present tense, 'aislar' is mostly regular but adds an accent to the 'i' (aíslo, aíslas) in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: aislé
The preterite of aislar is completely regular: aislé, aislaste, aisló, aislamos, aislasteis, aislaron.
Imperfect
yo: aislaba
The imperfect of aislar is regular: aislaba, aislabas, aislaba, aislábamos, aislabais, aislaban.
Future
yo: aislaré
The future of aislar is regular: aislaré, aislarás, aislará, aislaremos, aislaréis, aislarán.
Conditional
yo: aislaría
The conditional of aislar is regular: aislaría, aislarías, aislaría, aislaríamos, aislaríais, aislarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: aísle
The present subjunctive follows the accent change of the present indicative: aísle, aísles, aísle, aislemos, aisléis, aíslen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: aislara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular: aislara, aislaras, aislara, aisláramos, aislarais, aislaran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no aísles
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms: no aísles, no aisléis, no aísle.