posponer Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
posponer — to postpone
The imperative of posponer features the short 'tú' form: pospón.
posponer Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to give direct orders to delay or reschedule something.
Notes on posponer in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form is 'pospón' (shortened, like 'pon'). Other forms use the subjunctive 'g' stem.
Example Sentences
Pospón la alarma un poco más.
Postpone the alarm a bit more.
tú
Pospongan la entrega hasta el viernes.
Postpone the delivery until Friday.
ustedes
Pospongamos la discusión para luego.
Let's postpone the discussion for later.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'pospone' for the tú command.
Correct: pospón
Why: Derivatives of 'poner' follow the irregular short command 'pon'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: pospongo
The present of posponer follows the 'poner' pattern, using 'pospongo' for the yo form.
Preterite
yo: pospuse
The preterite of posponer is highly irregular, using the 'pospus-' stem.
Imperfect
yo: posponía
The imperfect of posponer is completely regular: posponía, posponías, posponía.
Future
yo: pospondré
The future of posponer uses the irregular stem 'pospondr-'.
Conditional
yo: pospondría
The conditional of posponer uses the stem 'pospondr-' plus 'ía' endings.
Present Subjunctive
yo: posponga
The present subjunctive of posponer uses the 'posponga' stem.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: pospusiera
The imperfect subjunctive of posponer uses the 'pospusie-' stem.
Negative Imperative
yo: no pospongas
The negative imperative uses 'no' plus the present subjunctive forms.