jugar Negative Imperative Conjugation
jugar — to play
The negative imperative of jugar uses the present subjunctive forms preceded by 'no'.
jugar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone NOT to play with something (like fire or their food).
Notes on jugar in the Negative Imperative
All forms use the 'gu' spelling. The 'tú' form is 'no juegues' (not 'no juegas').
Example Sentences
No juegues con fuego.
Don't play with fire.
tú
No jueguen en la casa.
Don't play in the house.
No juguemos todavía.
Let's not play yet.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'no juegas'.
Correct: no juegues
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive ending, not the indicative ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: juego
Jugar is a stem-changer where the 'u' becomes 'ue' in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: jugué
The preterite of jugar is mostly regular, but the 'yo' form changes to jugué to keep the hard 'g' sound.
Imperfect
yo: jugaba
The imperfect of jugar is regular: jugaba, jugabas, jugaba, jugábamos, jugabais, jugaban.
Future
yo: jugaré
The future tense of jugar is completely regular: just add the endings to the infinitive.
Conditional
yo: jugaría
The conditional of jugar is regular: just add -ía endings to the infinitive 'jugar'.
Present Subjunctive
yo: juegue
The present subjunctive of jugar combines the 'ue' stem change with a 'gu' spelling change.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: jugara
The imperfect subjunctive of jugar is based on the preterite 'ellos' form: jugara, jugaras...
Affirmative Imperative
yo: juega
The imperative of jugar uses the 'ue' stem change for most commands.