invertir Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
invertir — to invest
Commands use 'invierte' (tú) and 'invierta' (usted), following the present and subjunctive patterns.
invertir Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to give direct financial advice or orders, like 'Invest now!' or 'Invest in your future.'
Notes on invertir in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form is 'invierte' (matches present indicative). The 'usted/ustedes' forms use the subjunctive 'i' or 'ie' stems.
Example Sentences
¡Invierte ahora antes de que suba el precio!
Invest now before the price goes up!
tú
Invierta con cuidado, señor.
Invest carefully, sir.
Invirtamos nuestro capital en tecnología.
Let's invest our capital in technology.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'invertid' for the 'ustedes' command.
Correct: Inviertan.
Why: 'Invertid' is the affirmative command for 'vosotros' (Spain), not 'ustedes'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: invierto
Invertir is an e-to-ie stem-changer in the present (invierto, inviertes, invierte, invierten), but nosotros and vosotros remain regular.
Preterite
yo: invertí
Invertir has a 'slipper' stem change (e-to-i) in the third person: invirtió and invirtieron.
Imperfect
yo: invertía
The imperfect of invertir is completely regular: invertía, invertías, invertía, invertíamos, invertíais, invertían.
Future
yo: invertiré
The future tense is regular: simply add endings to the infinitive (invertiré, invertirás, invertirá).
Conditional
yo: invertiría
The conditional is regular: add -ía endings to the infinitive (invertiría, invertirías, invertiría).
Present Subjunctive
yo: invierta
Invertir stem-changes to 'ie' in most forms, but changes to 'i' in nosotros/vosotros (invirtamos, invirtáis).
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: invirtiera
Based on the preterite 'invirtieron', all forms use the 'invirt-' stem (invirtiera, invirtieras).
Negative Imperative
yo: no inviertas
Negative commands always use the present subjunctive forms: no inviertas, no invierta, no invirtamos.