freír Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
freír — to fry
Give commands to fry: fríe (tú), fría (usted), friamos (nosotros), freíd (vosotros), frían (ustedes).
freír Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use the imperative to give instructions in a recipe or to tell someone to start cooking.
Notes on freír in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form (fríe) and 'usted' forms use the 'i' stem change. The 'vosotros' form is the only one that keeps the 'e'.
Example Sentences
¡Fríe el huevo ahora!
Fry the egg now!
tú
Fría usted las verduras a fuego lento.
Fry the vegetables over low heat.
Friamos las patatas antes de que lleguen.
Let's fry the potatoes before they arrive.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'freye' for the tú command.
Correct: fríe
Why: Learners sometimes confuse the spelling; it follows the present indicative 'tú' form (minus the 's').
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: frío
Freír is a stem-changing verb where the 'e' becomes 'í' in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: freí
Freír has a stem change (e > i) in the third-person forms and requires accents on most endings.
Imperfect
yo: freía
Freír is regular in the imperfect: freía, freías, freía, freíamos, freíais, freían.
Future
yo: freiré
Freír is regular in the future: freiré, freirás, freirá, freiremos, freiréis, freirán.
Conditional
yo: freiría
Freír is regular in the conditional: freiría, freirías, freiría, freiríamos, freiríais, freirían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: fría
The present subjunctive of freír uses the 'i' stem change: fría, frías, fría, friamos, friáis, frían.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: friera
The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'fri-' stem: friera, frieras, friera, friéramos, frierais, frieran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no frías
Negative commands use the present subjunctive: no frías, no fría, no friamos, no friáis, no frían.