regir Negative Imperative Conjugation
regir — to rule
Negative commands are identical to the present subjunctive: no rijas, no rija, no rijamos, no rijáis, no rijan.
regir Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone not to let a certain feeling or bad habit govern their actions.
Notes on regir in the Negative Imperative
All forms use the 'j' spelling and the 'i' stem change.
Example Sentences
No rijas tu conducta por el miedo.
Don't let fear govern your conduct.
tú
No rija usted sin consultar al equipo.
Don't lead without consulting the team.
No rijamos el país basándonos en mentiras.
Let's not govern the country based on lies.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'no rige' for the negative tú command.
Correct: no rijas
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive form, not the indicative.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: rijo
Regir has a spelling change (g to j) in the 'yo' form and a stem change (e to i) in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: regí
Regir is a third-conjugation (-ir) verb with a stem change (e to i) only in the third-person forms.
Imperfect
yo: regía
Regir is completely regular in the imperfect: regía, regías, regía, regíamos, regíais, regían.
Future
yo: regiré
The future of regir is regular: regiré, regirás, regirá, regiremos, regiréis, regirán.
Conditional
yo: regiría
The conditional of regir is regular: regiría, regirías, regiría, regiríamos, regiríais, regirían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: rija
The present subjunctive uses the 'j' from 'rijo' across all forms: rija, rijas, rija, rijamos, rijáis, rijan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: rigiera
The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'rigier-' stem: rigiera, rigieras, rigiera, rigiéramos, rigierais, rigieran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: rige
Commands use 'rige' (tú) and 'rija' (usted/ustedes/nosotros).