moler Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
moler — to grind
Commands for moler use 'muele' (tú) and 'muela' (usted).
moler Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to give instructions, like in a recipe: 'Grind the pepper!'
Notes on moler in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form uses the stem change (muele), while the 'vosotros' form is regular (moled).
Example Sentences
Muele los granos de pimienta.
Grind the peppercorns.
tú
Muela usted el café fino, por favor.
Grind the coffee fine, please.
usted
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'mole' for the tú command.
Correct: muele
Why: Informal affirmative commands usually match the third-person singular present, which has the stem change.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: muelo
Moler follows a 'boot' stem change (o to ue) in the present tense, except for nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: molí
Imperfect
yo: molía
Moler is regular in the imperfect: molía, molías, molía, molíamos, molíais, molían.
Future
yo: moleré
Moler is regular in the future; simply add endings to the infinitive: moleré, molerás, molerá.
Conditional
yo: molería
The conditional of moler is regular: molería, molerías, molería, etc.
Present Subjunctive
yo: muela
The present subjunctive of moler mirrors the present indicative stem change: muela, muelas, muela, molamos, moláis, muelan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: moliera
Moler follows the standard -ra endings based on the preterite: moliera, molieras, moliera...
Negative Imperative
yo: no muelas
Negative commands use the present subjunctive forms: no muelas, no muela, no molamos.