herir Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
herir — to wound
The imperative uses 'hiere' (tú) and 'hiera' (usted), following the present stem changes.
herir Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this for commands, though it is rare for 'herir' unless telling someone to wound an enemy or (more commonly) in the negative.
Notes on herir in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form is 'hiere' (e > ie). The 'vosotros' form is 'herid' (regular).
Example Sentences
¡Hiere al enemigo!
Wound the enemy!
tú
Hiera la madera con el cincel.
Score (wound) the wood with the chisel.
Hiramos el orgullo del rival.
Let's wound the rival's pride.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'hiri' for the tú command.
Correct: hiere
Why: The affirmative tú command usually matches the third-person singular of the present indicative.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: hiero
Herir is a stem-changing verb where the 'e' becomes 'ie' in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: herí
The preterite of herir features a stem change (e > i) in the third-person forms: hirió and hirieron.
Imperfect
yo: hería
Herir is regular in the imperfect: hería, herías, hería, heríamos, heríais, herían.
Future
yo: heriré
The future tense of herir is completely regular, using the full infinitive as the stem.
Conditional
yo: heriría
The conditional of herir is regular: heriría, herirías, heriría, heriríamos, heriríais, herirían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: hiera
Herir has two stem changes in the subjunctive: 'ie' in most forms, and 'i' in nosotros/vosotros.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: hiriera
The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'hirier-' stem derived from the preterite third-person.
Negative Imperative
yo: no hieras
Negative commands use the present subjunctive forms: no hieras, no hiera, no hiramos, no hiráis, no hieran.