intuir Negative Imperative Conjugation
intuir — to sense
The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive: no intuyas, no intuya, no intuyamos, no intuyáis, no intuyan.
intuir Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone not to rely on their intuition or not to assume things based on a feeling.
Notes on intuir in the Negative Imperative
Every form uses the 'y' spelling change from the present subjunctive.
Example Sentences
No intuyas cosas que no son reales.
Don't sense things that aren't real.
tú
No intuyamos malas intenciones donde no las hay.
Let's not sense bad intentions where there are none.
nosotros
Por favor, no intuya nada hasta ver las pruebas.
Please, don't sense (assume) anything until you see the evidence.
usted
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'no intuye' for a command.
Correct: no intuyas
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive form, not the indicative.
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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.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: intuye
The imperative uses 'y' for most commands: intuye (tú), intuya (usted), intuyamos (nosotros), intuid (vosotros), intuyan (ustedes).