ascender Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
ascender — to go up
The imperative uses the stem-changed 'asciend-' for most commands, but 'ascended' for vosotros.
ascender Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to give direct orders to climb or to tell someone to move up/advance.
Notes on ascender in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form (asciende) and 'usted' form (ascienda) use the stem change. The 'vosotros' form (ascended) is regular.
Example Sentences
Asciende con cuidado.
Climb carefully.
tú
Ascienda por la escalera de la derecha.
Go up via the stairs on the right.
Ascendamos ahora que no llueve.
Let's climb now that it's not raining.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Asciende (for vosotros).
Correct: Ascended.
Why: For the affirmative 'you all' (informal) command, replace the 'r' of the infinitive with a 'd'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: asciendo
The present tense of ascender features an 'e' to 'ie' stem change in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: ascendí
The preterite of ascender is completely regular: ascendí, ascendiste, ascendió, ascendimos, ascendisteis, ascendieron.
Imperfect
yo: ascendía
The imperfect of ascender is regular: ascendía, ascendías, ascendía, ascendíamos, ascendíais, ascendían.
Future
yo: ascenderé
The future tense of ascender is regular: add endings to the infinitive (ascenderé, ascenderás, etc.).
Conditional
yo: ascendería
The conditional of ascender is regular: add 'ía' endings to the infinitive (ascendería, ascenderías, etc.).
Present Subjunctive
yo: ascienda
The present subjunctive of ascender follows the 'e' to 'ie' stem change: ascienda, asciendas, ascienda, ascendamos, ascendáis, asciendan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: ascendiera
The imperfect subjunctive of ascender uses the 'ascendier-' stem: ascendiera, ascendieras, ascendiera, ascendiéramos, ascendierais, ascendieran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no asciendas
The negative imperative of ascender is identical to the present subjunctive: no asciendas, no ascienda, no ascendamos, no ascendáis, no asciendan.