pedir Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
pedir — to ask for
Use 'pide' for informal commands and 'pida' for formal ones.
pedir Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use the imperative to tell someone to order food or ask for a favor directly.
Notes on pedir in the Affirmative Imperative
The informal 'tú' form (pide) and the 'usted' form (pida) both use the 'i' stem change. The 'vosotros' form (pedid) is regular.
Example Sentences
Pide lo que quieras del menú.
Order whatever you want from the menu.
tú
Por favor, pida la cuenta.
Please, ask for the bill.
usted
Pidamos una pizza para todos.
Let's order a pizza for everyone.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'pede' for the tú command.
Correct: Use pide.
Why: The informal command usually matches the third-person singular present, which has a stem change.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: pido
Pedir features an 'e to i' stem change in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: pedí
Pedir has a third-person stem change (e to i) in the preterite: pidió and pidieron.
Imperfect
yo: pedía
Pedir is regular in the imperfect: pedía, pedías, pedía, pedíamos, pedíais, pedían.
Future
yo: pediré
Pedir is regular in the future; simply add the endings to the infinitive: pediré, pedirás, etc.
Conditional
yo: pediría
The conditional of pedir is regular: pediría, pedirías, pediría, pediríamos, pediríais, pedirían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: pida
Pedir changes the stem to 'pid-' for all forms in the present subjunctive.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: pidiera
The imperfect subjunctive of pedir uses the stem 'pidie-': pidiera, pidieras, pidiera...
Negative Imperative
yo: no pidas
Negative commands for pedir use the present subjunctive forms with 'no'.