solucionar Negative Imperative Conjugation
solucionar — to solve
Use 'no' + present subjunctive for negative commands: 'no soluciones', 'no solucione', etc.
solucionar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
This is how you tell someone *not* to do something. For 'solucionar', you might say 'No soluciones este problema si no sabes cómo.' (Don't solve this problem if you don't know how).
Notes on solucionar in the Negative Imperative
Like all negative commands, this uses the present subjunctive. 'Solucionar' is regular in the present subjunctive, so the negative imperative forms are regular too.
Example Sentences
No soluciones el misterio sin mí.
Don't solve the mystery without me.
tú
No solucione esos asuntos ahora.
Don't solve those matters now.
usted
No solucionemos el debate por ahora.
Let's not solve the debate for now.
nosotros
No solucionéis el conflicto antes de tiempo.
Don't solve the conflict ahead of time.
vosotros
No solucionen el problema de esa manera.
Don't solve the problem that way.
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the affirmative imperative form with 'no'.
Correct: Always use the present subjunctive with 'no' for negative commands: 'no soluciones', not 'no soluciona'.
Why: Spanish grammar dictates the present subjunctive for all negative commands.
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on the vosotros form 'no solucionéis'.
Correct: The correct form is 'no solucionéis'.
Why: The accent is necessary to maintain the correct pronunciation and stress.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: soluciono
The present tense 'soluciono', 'solucionas', etc., describes current actions, habits, and general truths.
Preterite
yo: solucioné
The preterite 'solucioné', 'solucionaste', etc., describes completed past actions.
Imperfect
yo: solucionaba
The imperfect 'solucionaba', 'solucionabas', etc., describes ongoing or habitual past actions and background.
Future
yo: solucionaré
The future tense 'solucionaré', 'solucionarás', etc., indicates actions that will happen.
Conditional
yo: solucionaría
The conditional 'solucionaría', 'solucionarías', etc., expresses hypotheticals ('would') and polite requests.
Present Subjunctive
yo: solucione
The present subjunctive 'solucione(s/mos/is/n)' is used for wishes, doubts, emotions, and after impersonal expressions.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: solucionara
The imperfect subjunctive 'solucionara(s/mos/is/n)' or 'solucionase(s/mos/is/n)' is used for past hypotheticals, wishes, and doubts.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: soluciona
Use the imperative 'soluciona', 'solucione', 'solucionemos', 'solucionad', 'solucionen' for direct commands.