intuir Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
intuir — to sense
The imperative uses 'y' for most commands: intuye (tú), intuya (usted), intuyamos (nosotros), intuid (vosotros), intuyan (ustedes).
intuir Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to tell someone to trust their gut or to pay attention to their instincts.
Notes on intuir in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'vosotros' form is the only one that doesn't need a 'y' because the ending starts with a consonant (-d).
Example Sentences
¡Intuye la respuesta, no la pienses tanto!
Sense the answer, don't think about it so much!
tú
Intuyan el ambiente antes de entrar.
Sense the atmosphere before going in.
ustedes
Intuyamos cuál es el mejor camino.
Let's sense which is the best path.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'intuye' for the usted command.
Correct: intuya
Why: The formal command (usted) uses the subjunctive vowel 'a'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: intuyo
The present of intuir changes the 'i' to 'y' in all forms except nosotros and vosotros: intuyo, intuyes, intuye, intuimos, intuís, intuyen.
Preterite
yo: intuí
In the preterite, intuir changes 'i' to 'y' in the third person forms: intuí, intuiste, intuyó, intuimos, intuisteis, intuyeron.
Imperfect
yo: intuía
The imperfect of intuir is regular for -ir verbs: intuía, intuías, intuía, intuíamos, intuíais, intuían.
Future
yo: intuiré
The future of intuir is regular: intuiré, intuirás, intuirá, intuiremos, intuiréis, intuirán.
Conditional
yo: intuiría
The conditional of intuir is regular: intuiría, intuirías, intuiría, intuiríamos, intuiríais, intuirían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: intuya
The present subjunctive uses a 'y' in all forms: intuya, intuyas, intuya, intuyamos, intuyáis, intuyan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: intuyera
The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'y' from the preterite: intuyera, intuyeras, intuyera, intuyéramos, intuyerais, intuyeran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no intuyas
The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive: no intuyas, no intuya, no intuyamos, no intuyáis, no intuyan.