proveer Negative Imperative Conjugation
proveer — to provide
Negative commands use the present subjunctive: no proveas, no provea, no proveamos, no provean.
proveer Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone not to provide something, often for security or privacy reasons.
Notes on proveer in the Negative Imperative
This tense is identical to the present subjunctive forms preceded by 'no'.
Example Sentences
No proveas tu contraseña a desconocidos.
Don't provide your password to strangers.
tú
No provea información falsa en la solicitud.
Do not provide false information on the application.
usted
No proveáis el código hasta que yo lo diga.
Don't provide the code until I say so.
vosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'no provee' for the tú command.
Correct: The negative command is no proveas.
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive form, not the indicative.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: proveo
Proveer is regular in the present tense: proveo, provees, provee, proveemos, proveéis, proveen.
Preterite
yo: proveí
The preterite of proveer features a spelling change from 'i' to 'y' in the third person: proveyó and proveyeron.
Imperfect
yo: proveía
Proveer is regular in the imperfect: proveía, proveías, proveía, proveíamos, proveíais, proveían.
Future
yo: proveeré
The future of proveer is regular: proveeré, proveerás, proveerá, proveeremos, proveeréis, proveerán.
Conditional
yo: proveería
The conditional is regular: proveería, proveerías, proveería, proveeríamos, proveeríais, proveerían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: provea
Proveer is regular in the present subjunctive: provea, proveas, provea, proveamos, proveáis, provean.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: proveyera
The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'y' from the preterite: proveyera, proveyeras, proveyera...
Affirmative Imperative
yo: provee
The imperative uses the present subjunctive forms for formal commands: provee (tú), provea (usted).