aislar Negative Imperative Conjugation
aislar — to isolate
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms: no aísles, no aisléis, no aísle.
aislar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone NOT to isolate something, like 'Don't isolate yourself from your friends'.
Notes on aislar in the Negative Imperative
It follows the same accent patterns as the present subjunctive (accent on 'í' for all but nosotros/vosotros).
Example Sentences
No te aísles del mundo.
Don't isolate yourself from the world.
tú
No aíslen a los nuevos estudiantes.
Don't isolate the new students.
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the affirmative form: 'no aísla'.
Correct: no aísles
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive form.
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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.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: aísla
The imperative uses the 'boot' accentuation: aísla (tú), aislad (vosotros), aísle (usted).