hacer Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
hacer — to do
The informal command is the very short 'haz', while others use the 'hag-' stem.
hacer Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to give orders, instructions, or advice on what someone should do.
Notes on hacer in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form is 'haz' (very irregular). All other forms (usted, nosotros, ustedes) use the subjunctive 'hag-' stem.
Example Sentences
¡Haz tu tarea ahora!
Do your homework now!
tú
Haga el favor de esperar aquí.
Please do the favor of waiting here.
Hagamos algo divertido hoy.
Let's do something fun today.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'hace' for the tú command.
Correct: haz
Why: While many verbs use the third-person present for commands, hacer is irregular and uses 'haz'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: hago
Hacer is a 'yo-go' verb, meaning only the first-person singular is irregular (hago).
Preterite
yo: hice
Hacer is highly irregular in the preterite, featuring a stem change to 'hic-' (and 'hiz-' for the él/ella form).
Imperfect
yo: hacía
Hacer is completely regular in the imperfect tense: hacía, hacías, hacía...
Future
yo: haré
Hacer uses the irregular stem 'har-' for all future tense endings.
Conditional
yo: haría
The conditional uses the same irregular stem as the future: 'har-'.
Present Subjunctive
yo: haga
The present subjunctive is built from the 'yo' form (hago), resulting in the stem 'hag-'.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: hiciera
Based on the preterite stem, the imperfect subjunctive uses 'hicier-'.
Negative Imperative
yo: no hagas
Negative commands for hacer always use the 'hag-' stem from the subjunctive.