verter Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
verter — to pour
The imperative uses the stem-changed 'vierte' for tú and 'vierta' for usted.
verter Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use it to give direct orders to pour something, common in cooking recipes or chemistry instructions.
Notes on verter in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form uses the present indicative 'vierte'. The others use the subjunctive forms.
Example Sentences
¡Vierte la salsa sobre la carne!
Pour the sauce over the meat!
tú
Vierta el contenido del sobre en un litro de agua.
Pour the contents of the envelope into a liter of water.
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'verte' for the tú command.
Correct: vierte
Why: The affirmative tú command follows the stem-changed 3rd person singular of the present indicative.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: vierto
Verter is a stem-changing verb (e > ie) in the present tense, except for nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: vertí
Verter is regular in the preterite, following the standard -er ending pattern.
Imperfect
yo: vertía
Verter is completely regular in the imperfect: vertía, vertías, vertía, vertíamos, vertíais, vertían.
Future
yo: verteré
The future of verter is regular, formed by adding endings to the infinitive: verteré, verterás, etc.
Conditional
yo: vertería
The conditional of verter is regular: vertería, verterías, vertería, verteríamos, verteríais, verterían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: vierta
The present subjunctive of verter follows the e > ie stem change: vierta, viertas, vierta, vertamos, vertáis, viertan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: vertiera
The imperfect subjunctive is formed from the preterite stem: vertiera, vertieras, vertiera, vertiéramos, vertierais, vertieran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no viertas
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive: no viertas, no vierta, no vertamos, no vertáis, no viertan.