seguir Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
seguir — to follow
Give commands using 'sigue' (tú) or 'siga' (usted).
seguir Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to tell someone to follow you, keep going, or continue an activity.
Notes on seguir in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form (sigue) uses the present indicative él/ella form, while the others use the subjunctive stem 'sig-'.
Example Sentences
¡Sigue recto por esta calle!
Keep going straight down this street!
tú
Siga las señales de tráfico.
Follow the traffic signs.
usted
Sigamos adelante con el proyecto.
Let's move forward with the project.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'seguid' for the tú form.
Correct: sigue
Why: 'Seguid' is the plural command for 'vosotros' in Spain; 'sigue' is the singular command for 'tú'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: sigo
In the present tense, seguir undergoes an 'e' to 'i' stem change in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: seguí
Seguir changes its stem to 'sig-' in the third-person forms (sigió, siguieron) in the preterite.
Imperfect
yo: seguía
The imperfect of seguir is regular: seguía, seguías, seguía, seguíamos, seguíais, seguían.
Future
yo: seguiré
The future tense of seguir is regular: simply add the endings to the infinitive (seguiré, seguirás...).
Conditional
yo: seguiría
The conditional is regular: add the endings to the full infinitive (seguiría, seguirías...).
Present Subjunctive
yo: siga
The present subjunctive uses the 'sig-' stem for all persons: siga, sigas, siga, sigamos, sigáis, sigan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: siguiera
The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'sigui-' stem derived from the preterite: siguiera, siguieras, siguiera...
Negative Imperative
yo: no sigas
Negative commands always use the present subjunctive: no sigas, no siga, no sigamos.