comunicarse Negative Imperative Conjugation
comunicarse — to communicate
Negative commands for comunicarse use 'no' + present subjunctive: no te comuniques, no se comunique.
comunicarse Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone NOT to get in touch with a specific person or through a specific channel.
Notes on comunicarse in the Negative Imperative
All forms use the 'qu' spelling change. Unlike the affirmative, pronouns come before the verb.
Example Sentences
No te comuniques con él todavía.
Don't get in touch with him yet.
tú
No se comuniquen por esta línea privada.
Don't communicate through this private line.
No nos comuniquemos hasta tener los resultados.
Let's not communicate until we have the results.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Attaching the pronoun to the end (e.g., 'No comuníqueste').
Correct: No te comuniques
Why: In negative commands, pronouns must always precede the verb.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: me comunico
The present tense of comunicarse is fully regular: me comunico, te comunicas, se comunica.
Preterite
yo: me comuniqué
The preterite of comunicarse has a spelling change in the 'yo' form: me comuniqué.
Imperfect
yo: me comunicaba
The imperfect of comunicarse is regular: me comunicaba, te comunicabas, se comunicaba.
Future
yo: me comunicaré
The future tense of comunicarse is regular: me comunicaré, te comunicarás, se comunicará.
Conditional
yo: me comunicaría
The conditional of comunicarse is regular: me comunicaría, te comunicarías, se comunicaría.
Present Subjunctive
yo: me comunique
The present subjunctive of comunicarse uses a spelling change (c to qu): me comunique, te comuniques, se comunique.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: me comunicara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular for comunicarse, based on the 'comunicaron' stem: se comunicara, se comunicaras.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: comunícate
The affirmative imperative of comunicarse uses 'qu' for formal commands: comunícate, comuníquese.