tocar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
tocar — to touch
The imperative of tocar gives commands: toca (tú), toque (usted), tocad (vosotros).
tocar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to tell someone to play a song, touch something, or when telling someone it's their turn.
Notes on tocar in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form is 'toca' (regular). The 'usted' and 'ustedes' forms use the 'qu' spelling change (toque, toquen).
Example Sentences
¡Toca esa canción otra vez!
Play that song again!
tú
Por favor, toque la pantalla.
Please, touch the screen.
usted
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'toque' as the informal tú command.
Correct: toca
Why: 'Toque' is for formal (usted). For friends, use 'toca'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: toco
Tocar is completely regular in the present tense: toco, tocas, toca, tocamos, tocáis, tocan.
Preterite
yo: toqué
The preterite of tocar has a spelling change in the 'yo' form (toqué) to keep the hard 'c' sound.
Imperfect
yo: tocaba
The imperfect of tocar is regular: tocaba, tocabas, tocaba, tocábamos, tocabais, tocaban.
Future
yo: tocaré
The future tense of tocar is regular, adding endings to the infinitive: tocaré, tocarás, tocará...
Conditional
yo: tocaría
The conditional of tocar is regular: tocaría, tocarías, tocaría, tocaríamos, tocaríais, tocarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: toque
The present subjunctive of tocar changes 'c' to 'qu' in all forms: toque, toques, toque, toquemos, toquéis, toquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: tocara
The imperfect subjunctive of tocar is built from the 'ellos' preterite: tocara, tocaras, tocara...
Negative Imperative
yo: no toques
Negative commands for tocar always use the 'qu' spelling: no toques, no toque, no toquen.