vincular Negative Imperative Conjugation
vincular — to link
Use 'no vincules' (tú), 'no vincule' (usted), 'no vinculemos' (nosotros), 'no vinculen' (ustedes), 'no vinculéis' (vosotros) for negative commands.
vincular Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
To tell someone *not* to do something. Like the affirmative, it's direct. 'No vincules' is for 'tú', 'no vincule' for 'usted', and 'no vinculen' for 'ustedes'. The 'vosotros' form is 'no vinculéis'.
Notes on vincular in the Negative Imperative
All negative commands in Spanish use the present subjunctive. So, vincular forms negative commands by using the present subjunctive forms preceded by 'no'. It's regular in this sense.
Example Sentences
No vincules esa información a tu proyecto personal.
Don't link that information to your personal project.
tú
Por favor, no vincule su correo antiguo.
Please, don't link your old email.
usted
No vinculemos estas dos cosas, son diferentes.
Let's not link these two things, they are different.
nosotros
No vinculen los datos sin permiso.
Don't link the data without permission.
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the 'no' before the verb.
Correct: Always use 'no' before the verb in negative commands: 'No vincules'.
Why: The 'no' is essential to make the command negative.
Mistake: Using the infinitive 'no vincular'.
Correct: Use the subjunctive form: 'no vincules' (tú), 'no vincule' (usted), etc.
Why: Negative commands require the subjunctive mood.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: vínculo
Use 'vinculo', 'vinculas', 'víncula', 'vinculamos', 'vinculáis', 'vínculan' for current actions, habits, and general truths.
Preterite
yo: vinculé
Use 'vinculé', 'vinculaste', 'vinculó', 'vinculamos', 'vinculasteis', 'vincularon' for completed past actions.
Imperfect
yo: vinculaba
Use 'vinculaba', 'vinculabas', 'vinculaba', 'vinculábamos', 'vinculabais', 'vinculaban' for ongoing or habitual past actions.
Future
yo: vincularé
Use 'vincularé', 'vincularás', 'vinculará', 'vincularémos', 'vincularéis', 'vincularán' for future actions or probability.
Conditional
yo: vincularía
Use 'vincularía', 'vincularías', 'vincularía', 'vincularíamos', 'vincularíais', 'vincularían' for hypotheticals and polite requests.
Present Subjunctive
yo: vincule
Use 'vincule' (yo/él/ella/usted), 'vincules' (tú), 'vinculemos' (nosotros), 'vinculen' (ellos/ellas/ustedes) for wishes, doubts, emotions.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: vinculara
Use 'vinculara' or 'vincularas' for past hypothetical or uncertain situations.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: vincula
Use 'vincula' (tú), 'vincule' (usted), 'vinculemos' (nosotros), 'vinculen' (ustedes), 'vinculad' (vosotros) for direct commands.