consolar Negative Imperative Conjugation
consolar — to comfort
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms: no consueles, no consuele, no consolemos, no consoléis, no consuelen.
consolar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone NOT to comfort someone (perhaps because they need to learn a lesson or be left alone).
Notes on consolar in the Negative Imperative
Follows the present subjunctive rules: stem change O > UE in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Example Sentences
No me consueles ahora, estoy muy enfadada.
Don't comfort me now, I'm very angry.
tú
No la consuelen, tiene que aprender de su error.
Don't comfort her, she has to learn from her mistake.
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'no consuela' for the negative tú command.
Correct: no consueles
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive forms, not the indicative.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: consuelo
Consolar follows the O-to-UE stem change in all forms except nosotros and vosotros: consuelo, consuelas, consuela, consolamos, consoláis, consuelan.
Preterite
yo: consolé
Consolar is completely regular in the preterite: consolé, consolaste, consoló, consolamos, consolasteis, consolaron.
Imperfect
yo: consolaba
Consolar is regular in the imperfect, using the standard -aba endings: consolaba, consolabas, consolaba, consolábamos, consolabais, consolaban.
Future
yo: consolaré
The future of consolar is regular: add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the full infinitive.
Conditional
yo: consolaría
The conditional of consolar is regular: consolaría, consolarías, consolaría, consolaríamos, consolaríais, consolarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: consuele
The present subjunctive follows the O-to-UE stem change, except for nosotros and vosotros: consuele, consueles, consuele, consolemos, consoléis, consuelen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: consolara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular based on the preterite stem: consolara, consolaras, consolara, consoláramos, consolarais, consolaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: consuela
The affirmative imperative uses the stem-changed form for 'tú' and 'usted': consuela, consuele, consolemos, consolad, consuelen.