comportar Negative Imperative Conjugation
comportar — to entail
Negative commands like no comportes, no comporte, no comportemos, no comportéis, no comporten use the present subjunctive.
comportar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use the negative imperative to tell someone *not* to do something. For 'comportar', it's telling someone how *not* to behave.
Notes on comportar in the Negative Imperative
All negative commands in Spanish are formed using the present subjunctive with 'no' preceding the verb. Therefore, the forms for comportar are regular as they follow the standard present subjunctive conjugation.
Example Sentences
No te comportes así con tus padres.
Don't behave like that with your parents.
tú
No comporten comportamientos extraños.
Don't exhibit strange behaviors.
ustedes
No nos comportemos de forma inapropiada.
Let's not behave inappropriately.
nosotros
No comportéis como si no os importara.
Don't act as if you didn't care.
vosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the infinitive with 'no'.
Correct: Use 'No comportarse' for the infinitive, but for commands, use 'No te comportes' (tú) or 'No se comporte' (usted).
Why: Negative commands require conjugated forms, not the infinitive.
Mistake: Forgetting the 'no' when trying to form a negative command.
Correct: Always include 'no' before the subjunctive verb form for negative commands.
Why: The 'no' is essential to negate the command.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: comporto
The present indicative (comporto, comportas, comporta, comportamos, comportáis, comportan) describes current actions and habits.
Preterite
yo: comporté
Comporté, compraste, compró, compramos, comprastéis, compraron are the regular preterite forms of comportarse.
Imperfect
yo: comportaba
The imperfect of comportar (comportaba, comportabas, comportaba, comportábamos, comportabais, comportaban) describes past habits and ongoing actions.
Future
yo: comportaré
The future tense (comportaré, comportarás, comportará, etc.) indicates actions that will happen.
Conditional
yo: comportaría
The conditional of comportar (comportaría, comportarías, comportaría, etc.) expresses hypotheticals and polite requests.
Present Subjunctive
yo: comporte
The present subjunctive (comporte, comportes, comportemos, comportéis, comporten) expresses wishes, doubts, and emotions.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: comportara
The imperfect subjunctive of comportar (comportara/comportase) is used for past hypotheticals, wishes, and in polite requests.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: comporta
Comporta, comporte, comportemos, comportad, comporten are the imperative commands for comportar.