rogar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
rogar — to beg
The imperative uses 'ruega' (tú) and 'rogad' (vosotros), while others use subjunctive forms: ruegue, roguemos, rueguen.
rogar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use the imperative to command someone to beg or plead, often used in dramatic or religious contexts.
Notes on rogar in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form has the stem change (ruega). The 'usted/ustedes/nosotros' forms use the spelling change 'gu' to keep the hard 'g' sound.
Example Sentences
¡Ruega por nosotros!
Pray/Beg for us!
tú
Ruegue usted al director.
Beg the director (formal).
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'roguad' for vosotros.
Correct: rogad
Why: The vosotros affirmative command never has a stem change.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: ruego
The present tense of rogar features an o-to-ue stem change: ruego, ruegas, ruega, rogamos, rogáis, ruegan.
Preterite
yo: rogué
The preterite of rogar has a spelling change in the 'yo' form (rogué) but is otherwise regular.
Imperfect
yo: rogaba
The imperfect of rogar is completely regular: rogaba, rogabas, rogaba, rogábamos, rogabais, rogaban.
Future
yo: rogaré
The future tense of rogar is regular: rogaré, rogarás, rogará, rogaremos, rogaréis, rogarán.
Conditional
yo: rogaría
The conditional of rogar is regular: rogaría, rogarías, rogaría, rogaríamos, rogaríais, rogarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: ruegue
The present subjunctive of rogar combines the o-to-ue stem change with the g-to-gu spelling change: ruegue, ruegues, ruegue, roguemos, roguéis, rueguen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: rogara
The imperfect subjunctive of rogar is regular based on the preterite stem: rogara, rogaras, rogara, rogáramos, rogarais, rogaran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no ruegues
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms: no ruegues, no ruegue, no roguemos, no roguéis, no rueguen.