
recomendar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
recomendar — to recommend
Give direct advice: recomienda (tú), recomiende (usted).
recomendar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use the imperative to give a direct recommendation or command to someone.
Notes on recomendar in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form uses the present indicative 'boot' stem (recomienda). Formal forms use the subjunctive stem.
Example Sentences
¡Recomienda nuestro servicio a tus amigos!
Recommend our service to your friends!
tú
Recomiende usted el plato del día.
Recommend (formal) the dish of the day.
usted
Recomendemos algo saludable hoy.
Let's recommend something healthy today.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: recomenda
Correct: recomienda
Why: The informal 'tú' command requires the stem change 'ie'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: recomiendo
Recomendar has a stem change (e > ie) in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: recomendé
Recomendar is completely regular in the preterite; it does NOT have a stem change here.
Imperfect
yo: recomendaba
Recomendar is regular in the imperfect: recomendaba, recomendabas, recomendaba...
Future
yo: recomendaré
The future of recomendar is regular: add endings to the full infinitive.
Conditional
yo: recomendaría
The conditional uses the full infinitive + ía: recomendaría, recomendarías...
Present Subjunctive
yo: recomiende
Uses the 'ie' stem change: recomiende, recomiendes, recomiende...
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: recomendara
Formed from the 'recomendaron' stem: recomendara, recomendaras...
Negative Imperative
yo: no recomiendes
Uses 'no' + present subjunctive: no recomiendes, no recomiende.