culpar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
culpar — to blame
The affirmative imperative of culpar is: culpa (tú), culpe (usted), culpemos (nosotros), culpad (vosotros), culpen (ustedes).
culpar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to command someone to assign blame, though it is often used sarcastically or in legal/instructional contexts.
Notes on culpar in the Affirmative Imperative
Regular for -ar verbs. The 'tú' form is the same as the third-person present indicative.
Example Sentences
¡Culpa al sistema, no a las personas!
Blame the system, not the people!
tú
Culpen a quien quieran, pero resuelvan el problema.
Blame whoever you want, but solve the problem.
Culpemos a los responsables de esto.
Let's blame those responsible for this.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: culpe (for tú)
Correct: culpa
Why: The affirmative 'tú' command uses the indicative 'a', while the 'usted' command uses the subjunctive 'e'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: culpo
The present of culpar is regular: culpo, culpas, culpa, culpamos, culpáis, culpan.
Preterite
yo: culpé
The preterite of culpar is regular: culpé, culpaste, culpó, culpamos, culpasteis, culparon.
Imperfect
yo: culpaba
The imperfect of culpar is regular: culpaba, culpabas, culpaba, culpábamos, culpabais, culpaban.
Future
yo: culparé
The future of culpar is regular: culparé, culparás, culpará, culparemos, culparéis, culparán.
Conditional
yo: culparía
The conditional of culpar is regular: culparía, culparías, culparía, culparíamos, culparíais, culparían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: culpe
The present subjunctive of culpar is: culpe, culpes, culpe, culpemos, culpéis, culpen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: culpara
The imperfect subjunctive of culpar is: culpara, culparas, culpara, culpáramos, culparais, culparan.
Negative Imperative
yo: no culpes
The negative imperative of culpar uses the present subjunctive: no culpes, no culpe, no culpemos, no culpéis, no culpen.