leer Negative Imperative Conjugation
leer — to read
Negative commands for leer always use the present subjunctive forms: no leas, no lea, no leamos, no leáis, no lean.
leer Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone not to read something, like a private diary or a spoiler.
Notes on leer in the Negative Imperative
Since it uses the present subjunctive, it is regular (no 'y' spelling change).
Example Sentences
No leas mi diario personal.
Don't read my personal diary.
tú
No lean los comentarios del video.
Don't read the video comments.
No leamos el final todavía.
Let's not read the ending yet.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: no lee
Correct: no leas
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive ending, not the present indicative ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: leo
Leer is regular in the present tense, following standard -er endings: leo, lees, lee, leemos, leéis, leen.
Preterite
yo: leí
The preterite of leer features a spelling change where 'i' becomes 'y' in the third-person forms: leyó and leyeron.
Imperfect
yo: leía
The imperfect of leer is regular for -er verbs: leía, leías, leía, leíamos, leíais, leían.
Future
yo: leeré
The future tense of leer is regular: simply add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the infinitive.
Conditional
yo: leería
The conditional of leer is regular: add the endings -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the infinitive.
Present Subjunctive
yo: lea
The present subjunctive of leer is regular: lea, leas, lea, leamos, leáis, lean.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: leyera
The imperfect subjunctive of leer uses the 'y' from the preterite: leyera, leyeras, leyera, leyéramos, leyerais, leyeran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: lee
Give commands with leer: lee (tú), lea (usted), leamos (nosotros), leed (vosotros), lean (ustedes).