oír Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
oír — to hear
The imperative of oír uses 'oye' (tú) and 'oiga' (usted) to get someone's attention.
oír Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to tell someone to listen or to grab their attention (like saying 'Hey!' or 'Listen!').
Notes on oír in the Affirmative Imperative
The tú form 'oye' is irregular. The other forms (oiga, oigamos, oigan) follow the present subjunctive stem.
Example Sentences
¡Oye! ¿Qué estás haciendo?
Hey! (Listen!) What are you doing?
tú
Oiga, señor, se le cayó la cartera.
Listen, sir, you dropped your wallet.
¡Oíd lo que tengo que decir!
Listen to what I have to say!
vosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: oi
Correct: oye
Why: The command 'Listen!' (tú) is 'oye'. 'Oí' is the preterite 'I heard'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: oigo
The present tense of oír is highly irregular, featuring a 'g' in the 'yo' form (oigo) and 'y' in most other forms.
Preterite
yo: oí
The preterite of oír uses 'y' in the third-person forms (oyó, oyeron) and adds accents to every 'i'.
Imperfect
yo: oía
The imperfect of oír is regular for -ir verbs but requires an accent on the 'í' (oía, oías, oía).
Future
yo: oiré
The future tense of oír is completely regular: just add endings to the infinitive (oiré, oirás, oirá).
Conditional
yo: oiría
The conditional of oír is regular: add the endings -ía, -ías, -ía to the infinitive.
Present Subjunctive
yo: oiga
The present subjunctive of oír is based on the 'yo' form (oigo), resulting in the stem 'oig-'.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: oyera
The imperfect subjunctive of oír uses the 'oy-' stem from the preterite (oyera, oyeras, oyera).
Negative Imperative
yo: no oigas
The negative imperative of oír uses 'no' plus the present subjunctive forms (no oigas, no oiga).