alentar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
alentar — to encourage
The imperative uses 'alienta' (tú) and 'aliente' (usted/ustedes), maintaining the stem change.
alentar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use the imperative to give a direct command or strong suggestion to support or cheer for someone.
Notes on alentar in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form matches the 3rd person singular present indicative (alienta). Other forms come from the present subjunctive.
Example Sentences
¡Alienta a tu equipo!
Cheer for your team!
tú
Aliente a sus empleados para mejorar el clima.
Encourage your employees to improve the atmosphere.
usted
Alentemos todos juntos al corredor.
Let's all cheer for the runner together.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'alenta' for the tú command.
Correct: alienta
Why: The affirmative tú command uses the stem-changed form 'alienta'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: aliento
Alentar is a stem-changing verb where 'e' becomes 'ie' in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: alenté
Alentar is completely regular in the preterite; it does NOT have a stem change here.
Imperfect
yo: alentaba
The imperfect of alentar is regular: alentaba, alentabas, alentaba, alentábamos, alentabais, alentaban.
Future
yo: alentaré
The future tense is regular: alentaré, alentarás, alentará, alentaremos, alentaréis, alentarán.
Conditional
yo: alentaría
The conditional of alentar is regular: alentaría, alentarías, alentaría, alentaríamos, alentaríais, alentarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: aliente
The present subjunctive of alentar features the e > ie stem change: aliente, alientes, aliente, alentemos, alentéis, alienten.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: alentara
The imperfect subjunctive of alentar is regular: alentara, alentaras, alentara, alentáramos, alentarais, alentaran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no alientes
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive: no alientes, no aliente, no alentemos, no alentéis, no alienten.