seguir Negative Imperative Conjugation
seguir — to follow
Negative commands always use the present subjunctive: no sigas, no siga, no sigamos.
seguir Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone NOT to follow you or to stop continuing an action.
Notes on seguir in the Negative Imperative
Uses the 'sig-' stem consistently because it is based on the present subjunctive.
Example Sentences
¡No me sigas!
Don't follow me!
tú
No sigan por ese camino, es peligroso.
Don't continue down that path; it's dangerous.
ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'no sigue'.
Correct: no sigas
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive 's' ending for tú, not the indicative.
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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...
Affirmative Imperative
yo: sigue
Give commands using 'sigue' (tú) or 'siga' (usted).