
volver Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
volver — to return
The imperative uses 'vuelve' for informal commands and 'vuelva' for formal ones.
volver Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to tell someone to come back or to return an object.
Notes on volver in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form is 'vuelve' (matches the present indicative), while 'usted' and 'ustedes' use the subjunctive forms.
Example Sentences
¡Vuelve aquí ahora mismo!
Come back here right now!
tú
Vuelva usted mañana, por favor.
Please come back tomorrow (formal).
Volvamos a empezar desde cero.
Let's start again from zero.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'volve' for the tú command.
Correct: vuelve
Why: The informal affirmative command for volver requires the o:ue stem change.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: vuelvo
Volver is an o:ue stem-changing verb in the present: vuelvo, vuelves, vuelve, volvemos, volvéis, vuelven.
Preterite
yo: volví
The preterite of volver is regular in its endings, describing a completed return: volví, volviste, volvió.
Imperfect
yo: volvía
The imperfect of volver is regular: volvía, volvías, volvía, volvíamos, volvíais, volvían.
Future
yo: volveré
The future of volver is regular: volveré, volverás, volverá, volveremos, volveréis, volverán.
Conditional
yo: volvería
The conditional of volver is regular: volvería, volverías, volvería, volveríamos, volveríais, volverían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: vuelva
Volver maintains its o:ue stem change in the subjunctive: vuelva, vuelvas, vuelva, volvamos, volváis, vuelvan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: volviera
The imperfect subjunctive is based on the preterite 'volvieron': volviera, volvieras, volviera, volviéramos, volvierais, volvieran.
Negative Imperative
yo: no vuelvas
Negative commands for volver use the present subjunctive: no vuelvas, no vuelva, no volvamos, no volváis, no vuelvan.