poseer Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
poseer — to own
The imperative of poseer is used to command someone to possess or take ownership: posee, posea, poseamos, poseed, posean.
poseer Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Used for direct commands. While rare for 'to own', it's common in literature or when telling someone to 'possess' a quality like calm.
Notes on poseer in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'vosotros' form is 'poseed' (regularly formed by replacing 'r' with 'd'). Other forms follow the present indicative (tú) or subjunctive (usted/ustedes).
Example Sentences
Posee la calma en momentos difíciles.
Possess (have) calm in difficult moments.
tú
Posean ustedes los documentos antes de entrar.
Possess the documents before entering.
ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'pose' for the tú command.
Correct: posee
Why: The informal affirmative command uses the 3rd person singular of the present indicative.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: poseo
The present tense of poseer is regular in spelling, but remember it has a double 'e' in the stem: poseo, posees, posee.
Preterite
yo: poseí
The preterite of poseer features a spelling change where 'i' becomes 'y' in the third person: poseyó, poseyeron.
Imperfect
yo: poseía
The imperfect of poseer is regular for -er verbs: poseía, poseías, poseía, poseíamos, poseíais, poseían.
Future
yo: poseeré
The future tense of poseer is regular: poseeré, poseerás, poseerá, poseeremos, poseeréis, poseerán.
Conditional
yo: poseería
The conditional of poseer is regular: poseería, poseerías, poseería, poseeríamos, poseeríais, poseerían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: posea
The present subjunctive of poseer is regular: posea, poseas, posea, poseamos, poseáis, posean.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: poseyera
The imperfect subjunctive of poseer uses the 'y' from the preterite: poseyera, poseyeras, poseyera.
Negative Imperative
yo: no poseas
The negative imperative of poseer uses the present subjunctive: no poseas, no posea, no poseamos, no poseáis, no posean.