sentar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
sentar — to sit down
The imperative uses the stem change (e > ie) for most commands: siente, sentad, sienten.
sentar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to give direct orders to someone to sit down.
Notes on sentar in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form (siente) and 'usted/ustedes' forms (siente/sienten) use the stem change. The 'vosotros' form (sentad) does not.
Example Sentences
¡Siente a tu hermano en la silla!
Sit your brother in the chair!
tú
Sentemos a los invitados a la mesa.
Let's seat the guests at the table.
nosotros
Sienten a los niños primero, por favor.
Seat the children first, please.
ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'sentá' for the tú command.
Correct: siente
Why: The affirmative tú command usually matches the third-person singular of the present indicative (sienta), but 'siente' is used for the command 'sit [someone] down'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: siento
Sentar is a stem-changing verb (e > ie) in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: senté
The preterite of sentar is regular: senté, sentaste, sentó, sentamos, sentasteis, sentaron.
Imperfect
yo: sentaba
The imperfect of sentar is regular: sentaba, sentabas, sentaba, sentábamos, sentabais, sentaban.
Future
yo: sentaré
The future of sentar is regular: sentaré, sentarás, sentará, sentaremos, sentaréis, sentarán.
Conditional
yo: sentaría
The conditional of sentar is regular: sentaría, sentarías, sentaría, sentaríamos, sentaríais, sentarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: sienta
Sentar follows the e > ie stem change in the subjunctive, except for nosotros and vosotros.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: sentara
The imperfect subjunctive of sentar is regular: sentara, sentaras, sentara, sentáramos, sentarais, sentaran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no sientas
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms: no sientes, no siente, no sentemos, no sentéis, no sienten.