festejar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
festejar — to celebrate
Festeja (tú), festeje (usted), festejemos (nosotros), festejen (ustedes), festejad (vosotros).
festejar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use the affirmative imperative to give direct commands or instructions. For 'festejar,' this means telling someone to celebrate something.
Notes on festejar in the Affirmative Imperative
Festejar is regular in the affirmative imperative. The 'tú' form drops the final -r from the infinitive and adds -a. The 'vosotros' form drops the -r and adds -d.
Example Sentences
¡Festeja tu cumpleaños con alegría!
Celebrate your birthday with joy!
tú
¡Festejen el Día de la Independencia!
Celebrate Independence Day!
¡Festejemos el éxito del equipo!
Let's celebrate the team's success!
nosotros
Señora, ¡festeje su aniversario!
Madam, celebrate your anniversary!
usted
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the infinitive 'festejar' instead of a command form.
Correct: Use 'festeja' (tú) or 'festejen' (ustedes) etc.
Why: The imperative mood is specifically for commands.
Mistake: Incorrect 'vosotros' form, like 'festejar' or 'festejen'.
Correct: The correct 'vosotros' form is 'festejad'.
Why: The vosotros imperative for -ar verbs ends in -ad.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: festejo
Festejo (yo), festejas (tú), festeja (él/ella/usted), festejamos (nosotros), festejáis (vosotros), festejan (ellos/ellas/ustedes).
Preterite
yo: festejé
Festejé (yo), festejaste (tú), festejó (él/ella/usted), festejamos (nosotros), festejasteis (vosotros), festejaron (ellos/ellas/ustedes).
Imperfect
yo: festejaba
Festejaba (yo/él/ella/usted), festejabas (tú), festejábamos (nosotros), festejabais (vosotros), festejaban (ellos/ellas/ustedes).
Future
yo: festejaré
Festejaré (yo), festejarás (tú), festejará (él/ella/usted), festejaremos (nosotros), festejaréis (vosotros), festejarán (ellos/ellas/ustedes).
Conditional
yo: festejaría
Festejaría (yo/él/ella/usted), festejarías (tú), festejaríamos (nosotros), festejaríais (vosotros), festejarían (ellos/ellas/ustedes).
Present Subjunctive
yo: festeje
Festeje (yo/él/ella/usted), festejes (tú), festejemos (nosotros), festejen (ellos/ellas/ustedes/vosotros).
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: festejara
The imperfect subjunctive of festejar has two forms: festejara/festejaras/festejara/festejáramos/festejarais/festejaran and festejase/festejases/festejase/festejásemos/festejaseis/festejasen.
Negative Imperative
yo: no festejes
No festejes (tú), no festeje (usted), no festejemos (nosotros), no festejen (ustedes), no festejéis (vosotros).