sonar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
sonar — to ring
Use the imperative to command someone to make something sound: ¡suena! (tú), ¡suene! (usted), ¡sonad! (vosotros).
sonar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use for direct orders, like telling a musician to play or telling someone to ring a bell.
Notes on sonar in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú', 'usted', and 'ustedes' forms use the stem change (o > ue). 'Vosotros' and 'nosotros' do not.
Example Sentences
¡Suena la campana ahora!
Ring the bell now!
tú
¡Suene el silbato, árbitro!
Blow the whistle, referee!
usted
Sonad los tambores.
Sound the drums (you all).
vosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'suenad' for the vosotros command.
Correct: sonad
Why: The vosotros affirmative command never has a stem change; it just replaces the -r of the infinitive with a -d.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: sueno
Sonar is a stem-changing verb where the 'o' becomes 'ue' in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: soné
The preterite of sonar is regular: soné, sonaste, sonó, sonamos, sonasteis, sonaron.
Imperfect
yo: sonaba
The imperfect of sonar is regular: sonaba, sonabas, sonaba, sonábamos, sonabais, sonaban.
Future
yo: sonaré
The future of sonar is regular: sonaré, sonarás, sonará, sonaremos, sonaréis, sonarán.
Conditional
yo: sonaría
The conditional of sonar is regular: sonaría, sonarías, sonaría, sonaríamos, sonaríais, sonarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: suene
The present subjunctive of sonar features the o > ue stem change: suene, suenes, suene, sonemos, sonéis, suenen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: sonara
The imperfect subjunctive of sonar is regular: sonara, sonaras, sonara, sonáramos, sonarais, sonaran.
Negative Imperative
yo: ¡No suenes!
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms: no suenes, no suene, no sonemos, no sonéis, no suenen.