navegar Negative Imperative Conjugation
navegar — to sail
Negative commands always use the present subjunctive forms: no navegues, no navegue, no naveguemos, no naveguéis, no naveguen.
navegar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone NOT to sail or browse, such as 'Don't browse that site'.
Notes on navegar in the Negative Imperative
All forms use the 'gu' spelling change because the subjunctive endings start with 'e'.
Example Sentences
No navegues por sitios desconocidos.
Don't browse unknown sites.
tú
No naveguen si el mar está picado.
Don't sail if the sea is rough.
No naveguemos hoy, hay mucha niebla.
Let's not sail today, it's very foggy.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the affirmative form with 'no' (e.g., 'no navega').
Correct: no navegues
Why: Negative commands in Spanish must use the subjunctive, never the indicative 'tú' form.
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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.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: navega
The imperative uses 'navega' for tú and 'navegue(n)' for formal commands.