
navegar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
navegar — to sail
The imperative uses 'navega' for tú and 'navegue(n)' for formal commands.
navegar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to give orders or directions, like telling someone to sail toward the shore or to browse a specific link.
Notes on navegar in the Affirmative Imperative
The formal commands (usted/ustedes) and 'nosotros' require the 'gu' spelling change.
Example Sentences
¡Navega hacia el norte!
Sail toward the north!
tú
Navegue por nuestra página para ver más.
Browse our page to see more.
usted
Naveguemos juntos este fin de semana.
Let's sail together this weekend.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'navege' for the formal command.
Correct: navegue
Why: The formal imperative is taken from the present subjunctive, so it needs the 'gu' spelling.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: navego
The present tense of navegar is regular: navego, navegas, navega, navegamos, navegáis, navegan.
Preterite
yo: navegué
Navegar has a spelling change in the 'yo' form (navegué) to keep the hard 'g' sound; others are regular.
Imperfect
yo: navegaba
The imperfect of navegar is regular: navegaba, navegabas, navegaba, navegábamos, navegabais, navegaban.
Future
yo: navegaré
The future of navegar is regular: navegaré, navegarás, navegará, navegaremos, navegaréis, navegarán.
Conditional
yo: navegaría
The conditional of navegar is regular: navegaría, navegarías, navegaría, navegaríamos, navegaríais, navegarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: navegue
The present subjunctive uses a 'gu' spelling in all forms: navegue, navegues, navegue, naveguemos, naveguéis, naveguen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: navegara
The imperfect subjunctive of navegar is regular: navegara, navegaras, navegara, navegáramos, navegarais, navegaran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no navegues
Negative commands always use the present subjunctive forms: no navegues, no navegue, no naveguemos, no naveguéis, no naveguen.