sacar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
sacar — to take out
The imperative for sacar uses 'saca' (tú) and 'saque' (usted).
sacar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to give direct orders, like telling someone to take out the trash or a book.
Notes on sacar in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form is regular (saca), but the 'usted', 'nosotros', and 'ustedes' forms use 'qu' (saque, saquemos, saquen) to keep the hard 'k' sound.
Example Sentences
Saca la basura ahora, por favor.
Take out the trash now, please.
tú
Saque su pasaporte, señor.
Take out your passport, sir.
usted
Saquemos los libros para estudiar.
Let's take out the books to study.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: sacé (for usted)
Correct: saque
Why: The formal command (usted) and 'let's' (nosotros) forms are taken from the present subjunctive, not the preterite.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: saco
Sacar is a completely regular -ar verb in the present tense.
Preterite
yo: saqué
Sacar is mostly regular but has a spelling change in the 'yo' form: saqué.
Imperfect
yo: sacaba
Sacar is regular in the imperfect: sacaba, sacabas, sacaba, sacábamos, sacabais, sacaban.
Future
yo: sacaré
The future of sacar is regular: sacaré, sacarás, sacará, sacaremos, sacaréis, sacarán.
Conditional
yo: sacaría
The conditional of sacar is regular: sacaría, sacarías, sacaría, sacaríamos, sacaríais, sacarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: saque
The present subjunctive of sacar uses a spelling change: saque, saques, saque, saquemos, saquéis, saquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: sacara
The imperfect subjunctive of sacar is regular: sacara, sacaras, sacara, sacáramos, sacarais, sacaran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no saques
The negative imperative of sacar always uses 'qu': no saques, no saque, no saquemos, no saquéis, no saquen.