rasgar Negative Imperative Conjugation
rasgar — to tear
The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive forms with 'no', requiring the 'gu' spelling change.
rasgar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone NOT to tear something, like 'Don't tear that photo!'
Notes on rasgar in the Negative Imperative
All forms use the 'gu' spelling change (rasgues, rasgue, rasguemos, rasguéis, rasguen) to maintain the hard 'g' sound.
Example Sentences
No rasgues la bolsa todavía.
Don't tear the bag yet.
tú
No rasguen los carteles de la pared.
Don't tear the posters off the wall.
No rasguemos el contrato.
Let's not tear the contract.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'no rasga' for a negative command.
Correct: no rasgues
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive form, not the indicative.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: rasgo
Rasgar is a completely regular -ar verb in the present indicative: rasgo, rasgas, rasga, rasgamos, rasgáis, rasgan.
Preterite
yo: rasgué
Rasgar is regular in the preterite except for the 'yo' form, which changes to 'rasgué' to preserve the hard 'g' sound.
Imperfect
yo: rasgaba
Rasgar is regular in the imperfect: rasgaba, rasgabas, rasgaba, rasgábamos, rasgabais, rasgaban.
Future
yo: rasgaré
The future of rasgar is regular: add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the infinitive.
Conditional
yo: rasgaría
The conditional of rasgar is regular: add -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the infinitive.
Present Subjunctive
yo: rasgue
The present subjunctive of rasgar features a 'g' to 'gu' spelling change in all persons: rasgue, rasgues, rasgue, rasguemos, rasguéis, rasguen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: rasgara
The imperfect subjunctive of rasgar is regular, based on the third-person plural preterite: rasgara, rasgaras, rasgara, rasgáramos, rasgarais, rasgaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: rasga
The imperative uses 'rasga' (tú) and 'rasgad' (vosotros), while formal and plural commands use the spelling-change 'rasgue/n'.