fingir Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
fingir — to pretend
The imperative of fingir tells someone to pretend: finge (tú), finja (usted), finjamos (nosotros), fingid (vosotros), finjan (ustedes).
fingir Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to give a command, like telling an actor to 'pretend to be sad' or telling a friend to 'act natural'.
Notes on fingir in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form is 'finge' (with a g), but the formal (usted/ustedes) and 'nosotros' forms use a 'j' (finja, finjan, finjamos) to keep the soft sound.
Example Sentences
¡Finge que no me has visto!
Pretend you haven't seen me!
tú
Finja que es el dueño de la empresa.
Pretend you are the owner of the company.
usted
Finjamos que estamos de acuerdo.
Let's pretend we agree.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'finga' for the formal command.
Correct: finja
Why: The 'g' must change to 'j' before an 'a' to keep the soft sound.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: finjo
The present tense of fingir is regular except for the 'yo' form, which changes to 'finjo' to keep the sound right.
Preterite
yo: fingí
The preterite of fingir is mostly regular, but watch for the spelling change in the third person: fingió and fingieron.
Imperfect
yo: fingía
The imperfect of fingir is entirely regular: fingía, fingías, fingía, fingíamos, fingíais, fingían.
Future
yo: fingiré
The future tense of fingir is completely regular: fingiré, fingirás, fingirá, fingiremos, fingiréis, fingirán.
Conditional
yo: fingiría
The conditional of fingir is regular: fingiría, fingirías, fingiría, fingiríamos, fingiríais, fingirían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: finja
The present subjunctive of fingir uses a 'j' in all forms: finja, finjas, finja, finjamos, finjáis, finjan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: fingiera
The imperfect subjunctive of fingir is built from the third-person preterite: fingiera, fingieras, fingiera, fingiéramos, fingierais, fingieran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no finjas
The negative imperative of fingir always uses the 'j' spelling: no finjas, no finja, no finjamos, no finjáis, no finjan.