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atribuir Affirmative Imperative Conjugation

atribuir — to attribute

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Commands for atribuir use 'atribuye' (tú) and 'atribuya' (usted), following the 'y' spelling change.

atribuir Affirmative Imperative Forms

túatribuye
ustedatribuya
nosotrosatribuyamos
vosotrosatribuíd
ustedesatribuyan

When to Use the Affirmative Imperative

Use the imperative to tell someone to credit a source or assign a cause to a specific factor.

Notes on atribuir in the Affirmative Imperative

The 'tú' form is 'atribuye' (adds y). The 'vosotros' form is 'atribuíd' (regular). All other forms use the 'y' from the subjunctive.

Example Sentences

  • Atribuye siempre las citas a su autor.

    Always attribute quotes to their author.

    tú

  • Atribuya el pago a la factura pendiente.

    Attribute the payment to the pending invoice.

    usted

Common Mistakes

  • Mistake: atribue

    Correct: atribuye

    Why: The informal command follows the present indicative 'él' form, which requires the 'y'.

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Related Tenses

Present

yo: atribuyo

The present of atribuir adds a 'y' before endings, except for nosotros and vosotros: atribuyo, atribuyes, atribuye, atribuyen.

Preterite

yo: atribuí

In the preterite, atribuir changes 'i' to 'y' in the third-person forms: atribuyó and atribuyeron.

Imperfect

yo: atribuía

The imperfect of atribuir is regular: atribuía, atribuías, atribuía, atribuíamos, atribuíais, atribuían.

Future

yo: atribuiré

The future of atribuir is regular: atribuiré, atribuirás, atribuirá, atribuiremos, atribuiréis, atribuirán.

Conditional

yo: atribuiría

The conditional of atribuir is regular: atribuiría, atribuirías, atribuiría, atribuiríamos, atribuiríais, atribuirían.

Present Subjunctive

yo: atribuya

The present subjunctive of atribuir inserts a 'y' in all forms: atribuya, atribuyas, atribuya, atribuyamos, atribuyáis, atribuyan.

Imperfect Subjunctive

yo: atribuyera

The imperfect subjunctive of atribuir uses the 'y' from the preterite: atribuyera, atribuyeras, atribuyera, atribuyéramos, atribuyerais, atribuyeran.

Negative Imperative

yo: no atribuyas

Negative commands for atribuir always use the 'y': no atribuyas, no atribuya, no atribuyamos, no atribuyáis, no atribuyan.