presentir Negative Imperative Conjugation
presentir — to have a feeling
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms: no presientas, no presienta.
presentir Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone NOT to have a bad feeling or to stop sensing something negative.
Notes on presentir in the Negative Imperative
Follows the present subjunctive exactly, including the e-ie and e-i stem changes.
Example Sentences
No presientas cosas malas, todo saldrá bien.
Don't sense bad things, everything will turn out fine.
tú
No presintamos el fracaso antes de empezar.
Let's not sense failure before starting.
nosotros
No presientan miedo, sean valientes.
Don't sense fear, be brave.
ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'no presientes' for the negative tú command.
Correct: no presientas
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive ending (-as for -ir verbs), not the indicative.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: presiento
Presentir is an e-ie stem-changer in the present tense (presiento, presientes, presiente, presienten).
Preterite
yo: presentí
Presentir has a 'slipper' stem change in the preterite: it is regular except for the third-person forms (presintió, presintieron).
Imperfect
yo: presentía
The imperfect of presentir is regular: presentía, presentías, presentía, etc.
Future
yo: presentiré
Presentir is fully regular in the future tense: just add endings to the infinitive.
Conditional
yo: presentiría
The conditional of presentir is regular: presentiría, presentirías, presentiría, etc.
Present Subjunctive
yo: presienta
Presentir is a stem-changing verb in the present subjunctive, switching e to ie (presienta) and e to i (presintamos).
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: presintiera
The imperfect subjunctive of presentir uses the 'presintie-' stem for all forms (presintiera, presintieras).
Affirmative Imperative
yo: presiente
The imperative uses 'presiente' (tú) and 'presientan' (ustedes) to command someone to trust their intuition.