disponer Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
disponer — to have available
The imperative uses 'dispón' for the informal 'tú' command and 'disponga' for formal 'usted'.
disponer Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use the imperative to tell someone to arrange something or to make use of something available.
Notes on disponer in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form is 'dispón' (shortened like 'pon'). All other forms follow the present subjunctive.
Example Sentences
Dispón las carpetas por orden alfabético.
Arrange the folders in alphabetical order.
tú
Disponga usted de mi oficina si la necesita.
Use my office (have it available) if you need it.
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'dispone' as a command.
Correct: dispón
Why: The affirmative informal 'tú' command for 'poner' and its derivatives is shortened.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: dispongo
The present tense of disponer is irregular in the 'yo' form (dispongo) but follows regular -er patterns for the rest.
Preterite
yo: dispuse
The preterite of disponer is highly irregular, using the 'dispus-' stem with special endings.
Imperfect
yo: disponía
The imperfect of disponer is regular: disponía, disponías, disponía, disponíamos, disponíais, disponían.
Future
yo: dispondré
The future tense of disponer is irregular, using the stem 'dispondr-'.
Conditional
yo: dispondría
The conditional of disponer uses the irregular stem 'dispondr-'.
Present Subjunctive
yo: disponga
The present subjunctive uses the 'dispong-' stem for all forms.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: dispusiera
The imperfect subjunctive is based on the irregular preterite stem 'dispus-'.
Negative Imperative
yo: no dispongas
The negative imperative uses 'no' plus the present subjunctive forms: no dispongas, no disponga.