inventar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
inventar — to invent
The imperative of inventar provides direct commands: inventa, invente, inventemos, inventad, inventen.
inventar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use the imperative to encourage someone to be creative or to tell a child to stop making things up.
Notes on inventar in the Affirmative Imperative
Inventar is regular. The 'tú' form matches the third person present indicative (inventa).
Example Sentences
¡Inventa una historia para el concurso!
Invent a story for the contest!
tú
Usted, invente una solución para este problema.
You (formal), invent a solution for this problem.
usted
Inventemos un juego nuevo ahora.
Let's invent a new game now.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'inventar' as a command.
Correct: inventa / inventad
Why: In Spanish, the infinitive is not usually used for direct personal commands; you must conjugate it.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: invento
The present of inventar is regular: invento, inventas, inventa, inventamos, inventáis, inventan.
Preterite
yo: inventé
The preterite of inventar is regular: inventé, inventaste, inventó, inventamos, inventasteis, inventaron.
Imperfect
yo: inventaba
The imperfect of inventar is regular: inventaba, inventabas, inventaba, inventábamos, inventabais, inventaban.
Future
yo: inventaré
The future of inventar is regular: inventaré, inventarás, inventará, inventaremos, inventaréis, inventarán.
Conditional
yo: inventaría
The conditional of inventar is regular: inventaría, inventarías, inventaría, inventaríamos, inventaríais, inventarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: invente
The present subjunctive of inventar is regular: invente, inventes, invente, inventemos, inventéis, inventen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: inventara
The imperfect subjunctive of inventar is regular: inventara, inventaras, inventara, inventáramos, inventarais, inventaran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no inventes
The negative imperative of inventar uses present subjunctive forms: no inventes, no invente, no inventemos, no inventéis, no inventen.