disponer Negative Imperative Conjugation
disponer — to have available
The negative imperative uses 'no' plus the present subjunctive forms: no dispongas, no disponga.
disponer Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone not to use a resource or not to arrange things in a certain way.
Notes on disponer in the Negative Imperative
Matches the present subjunctive exactly, using the 'dispong-' stem.
Example Sentences
No dispongas de ese dinero todavía.
Don't use (have available) that money yet.
tú
No dispongan las sillas así, por favor.
Don't arrange the chairs like that, please.
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'no dispón'.
Correct: no dispongas
Why: Negative commands never use the affirmative imperative form; they always use the subjunctive.
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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-'.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: dispón
The imperative uses 'dispón' for the informal 'tú' command and 'disponga' for formal 'usted'.