descender Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
descender — to go down
The imperative uses 'desciende' for informal commands and 'descienda' for formal ones.
descender Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use to give a direct command to go down, like telling someone to get off a ladder or a plane passenger to descend.
Notes on descender in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form follows the e-to-ie change (desciende). The 'vosotros' form is regular (descended).
Example Sentences
¡Desciende de ahí ahora mismo!
Get down from there right now!
tú
Descienda por las escaleras de emergencia, por favor.
Please go down via the emergency stairs.
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'desciende' for a formal command.
Correct: descienda
Why: Formal commands (usted) must use the subjunctive-based ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: desciendo
Descender is an e-to-ie stem-changer in the present tense (except for nosotros and vosotros).
Preterite
yo: descendí
Descender is completely regular in the preterite: descendí, descendiste, descendió.
Imperfect
yo: descendía
The imperfect of descender is regular: descendía, descendías, descendía.
Future
yo: descenderé
The future tense uses the full infinitive 'descender' as the stem: descenderé, descenderás.
Conditional
yo: descendería
The conditional is regular: descendería, descenderías, descendería.
Present Subjunctive
yo: descienda
The present subjunctive follows the e-to-ie stem change: descienda, desciendas.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: descendiera
Formed from the 3rd person plural preterite: descendiera, descendieras.
Negative Imperative
yo: no desciendas
Negative commands use 'no' + present subjunctive forms: no desciendas.