ocasionar Negative Imperative Conjugation
ocasionar — to cause
Negative commands for ocasionar use the present subjunctive: no ocasiones, no ocasione, no ocasionemos, no ocasionéis, no ocasionen.
ocasionar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone to avoid causing a problem, mess, or accident.
Notes on ocasionar in the Negative Imperative
Ocasionar is regular. These forms are identical to the present subjunctive forms preceded by 'no'.
Example Sentences
No ocasiones más problemas, por favor.
Don't cause any more problems, please.
tú
No ocasionen ruido después de las diez.
Don't cause noise after ten o'clock.
ustedes
No ocasione molestias a los demás.
Do not cause inconvenience to others.
usted
Common Mistakes
Mistake: no ocasiona
Correct: no ocasiones
Why: Negative 'tú' commands must use the subjunctive form, not the indicative form used in affirmative commands.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: ocasiono
Ocasionar is regular in the present: ocasiono, ocasionas, ocasiona, ocasionamos, ocasionáis, ocasionan.
Preterite
yo: ocasioné
The preterite of ocasionar follows regular -ar patterns: ocasioné, ocasionaste, ocasionó, ocasionamos, ocasionasteis, ocasionaron.
Imperfect
yo: ocasionaba
The imperfect of ocasionar uses standard -aba endings: ocasionaba, ocasionabas, ocasionaba, ocasionábamos, ocasionabais, ocasionaban.
Future
yo: ocasionaré
The future of ocasionar adds endings directly to the infinitive: ocasionaré, ocasionarás, ocasionará, ocasionaremos, ocasionaréis, ocasionarán.
Conditional
yo: ocasionaría
The conditional of ocasionar adds -ía endings to the infinitive: ocasionaría, ocasionarías, ocasionaría, ocasionaríamos, ocasionaríais, ocasionarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: ocasione
The present subjunctive of ocasionar uses -e endings: ocasione, ocasiones, ocasione, ocasionemos, ocasionéis, ocasionen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: ocasionara
The imperfect subjunctive of ocasionar uses the -ra endings: ocasionara, ocasionaras, ocasionara, ocasionáramos, ocasionarais, ocasionaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: ocasiona
The affirmative imperative of ocasionar uses standard command forms: ocasiona, ocasione, ocasionemos, ocasionad, ocasionen.