This mood expresses the command: habla - speak, hablad - speak.
This mood has special forms in the 2nd person of both numbers: then it has the endings -a and -ad in conjugation I, -e and -ed in conjugation II, and -e and -id in conjugation III. In other persons it is replaced by presente de subjuntivo.
Please note that imperative forms (replaced by presente de subjuntivo in the third person) are very common: hable (usted) - speak.
In its negative form it is replaced by presente de subjuntivo in all persons: habla - speak, but no hables - do not speak.
Formation:
Conjugation I (hablar):
singular | plural | |
1 | --- | hablemos |
2 | habla | hablad |
3 | hable | hablen |
Conjugation II (vender):
singular | plural | |
1 | --- | vendamos |
2 | vende | vended |
3 | venda | vendan |
Conjugation III (vivir):
singular | plural | |
1 | --- | vivamos |
2 | vive | vivid |
3 | viva | vivan |
The forms above are for regular verbs.
In persons other than the second, it is replaced by presente de subjuntivo. The form of 2 persons is irregularly formed by the verbs: ser (sé, plural sed), tener (ten, tened), salir (sal, salid), venir (ven, venid), poner (pon, poned), hacer (haz, haced) , decir (di, decid). As you can see, only the singular is irregular.