reservar Negative Imperative Conjugation
reservar — to book
Use 'no reserves' (tú) and 'no reserve' (usted) to give negative commands with reservar.
reservar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
You use the negative imperative to tell someone *not* to do something. For 'reservar', it's like saying 'Don't book that!' or 'Don't reserve it yet!'.
Notes on reservar in the Negative Imperative
All negative commands in Spanish use the present subjunctive form preceded by 'no'. 'Reservar' is regular here, so forms like 'no reserves' and 'no reserve' follow the standard pattern.
Example Sentences
No reserves la habitación hasta que confirmemos la fecha.
Don't book the room until we confirm the date.
tú
¡No reserven asientos en la parte de atrás!
Don't book seats in the back!
ustedes
No reserve esta mesa, está ocupada.
Don't reserve this table, it's occupied.
usted
No reservemos nada hasta saber cuántos seremos.
Let's not book anything until we know how many we'll be.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the infinitive: 'No reservar la mesa'.
Correct: Use the subjunctive: 'No reserves la mesa'.
Why: Negative commands require the subjunctive mood, not the infinitive.
Mistake: Incorrectly forming the tú negative: 'No reserva'.
Correct: The correct tú negative is 'no reserves'.
Why: The tú negative imperative uses the yo form of the present subjunctive with an -es ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: reservo
The present tense of reservar is regular: reservo, reservas, reserva, reservamos, reserváis, reservan.
Preterite
yo: reservé
The preterite of reservar is regular: reservé, reservaste, reservó, reservamos, reservasteis, reservaron.
Imperfect
yo: reservaba
The imperfect of reservar is regular: reservaba, reservabas, reservaba, reservábamos, reservabais, reservaban.
Future
yo: reservaré
The future tense of reservar is regular: reservaré, reservarás, reservará, reservaremos, reservaréis, reservarán.
Conditional
yo: reservaría
The conditional of reservar is regular: reservaría, reservarías, reservaría, reservaríamos, reservaríais, reservarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: reserve
Use present subjunctive forms like 'reserve' and 'reserven' after expressions of doubt, desire, or emotion with reservar.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: reservara
Use imperfect subjunctive forms like 'reservara' or 'reservase' for past hypothetical or desired actions with reservar.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: reserva
Use imperative forms like 'reserva' (tú) and 'reserve' (usted) for direct commands with reservar.