alejar Negative Imperative Conjugation
alejar — to move away
Use 'no alejes' (tú), 'no aleje' (usted), 'no alejemos' (nosotros), 'no alejéis' (vosotros), 'no alejen' (ustedes) for negative commands.
alejar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
This is for telling someone *not* to do something. You'd use it to forbid an action or to ask someone to refrain from moving away.
Notes on alejar in the Negative Imperative
Negative commands use the present subjunctive. Alejar is regular in the present subjunctive, so the forms are predictable.
Example Sentences
No alejes tus cosas de mi escritorio.
Don't move your things away from my desk.
tú
Por favor, no se aleje todavía.
Please, don't move away yet.
usted
No nos alejemos de nuestros principios.
Let's not stray from our principles.
nosotros
No alejéis vuestros miedos.
Don't push away your fears.
vosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the infinitive 'no alejar' for commands.
Correct: Use the subjunctive forms: 'no alejes', 'no aleje', etc.
Why: Spanish uses the subjunctive mood for negative commands, not the infinitive.
Mistake: Confusing the 'tú' form 'no alejes' with the 'usted' form 'no aleje'.
Correct: 'No alejes' is for 'tú', 'no aleje' is for 'usted'.
Why: The vowel endings differ between the 'tú' and 'usted' forms in the present subjunctive.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: alejo
The present tense 'alejo' describes current actions, habits, or general truths.
Preterite
yo: alejé
The preterite 'alejé' is for completed past actions with a clear end point.
Imperfect
yo: alejaba
The imperfect 'alejaba' describes ongoing or habitual past actions and background.
Future
yo: alejaré
The future tense 'alejaré' is for actions that will happen or to express probability.
Conditional
yo: alejaría
The conditional 'aljaría' expresses 'would' actions, polite requests, or future-in-the-past.
Present Subjunctive
yo: aleje
The present subjunctive 'aleje' is used for wishes, doubts, emotions, and uncertainty.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: alejara
The imperfect subjunctive 'alejara' or 'alejase' is used for past hypotheticals, wishes, or polite requests.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: aleja
Use 'aleja' (tú), 'aleje' (usted), 'alejemos' (nosotros), 'alejad' (vosotros), 'alejen' (ustedes) for direct commands.