exigir Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
exigir — to demand
The imperative forms are: exige (tú), exija (usted), exijamos (nosotros), exigid (vosotros), exijan (ustedes).
exigir Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use the imperative to give a direct order to someone to demand something, like 'Demand your money back!'
Notes on exigir in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form (exige) and 'vosotros' form (exigid) use 'g'. The 'usted', 'nosotros', and 'ustedes' forms use 'j' because they follow the subjunctive pattern.
Example Sentences
¡Exige un reembolso ahora mismo!
Demand a refund right now!
tú
Exija ver al gerente, por favor.
Demand to see the manager, please.
Exijamos mejores condiciones de trabajo.
Let's demand better working conditions.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'exije' for the tú command.
Correct: exige
Why: The affirmative tú command uses the 'g' from the infinitive because it's followed by 'e', which keeps the 'h' sound naturally.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: exijo
Exigir has a spelling change in the 'yo' form (exijo) to keep the 'h' sound, but is regular otherwise.
Preterite
yo: exigí
Exigir is regular in the preterite: exigí, exigiste, exigió, exigimos, exigisteis, exigieron.
Imperfect
yo: exigía
Exigir is regular in the imperfect: exigía, exigías, exigía, exigíamos, exigíais, exigían.
Future
yo: exigiré
Exigir is regular in the future: exigiré, exigirás, exigirá, exigiremos, exigiréis, exigirán.
Conditional
yo: exigiría
Exigir is regular in the conditional: exigiría, exigirías, exigiría, exigiríamos, exigiríais, exigirían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: exija
The present subjunctive of exigir uses a 'j' in all forms: exija, exijas, exija, exijamos, exijáis, exijan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: exigiera
The imperfect subjunctive of exigir uses the stem 'exigier-': exigiera, exigieras, exigiera, exigiéramos, exigierais, exigieran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no exijas
All negative commands for exigir use 'j': no exijas, no exija, no exijamos, no exijáis, no exijan.