Which of the following is a negative imperative form?

Which of the following is a negative imperative form?

• A. Habla
• B. No hables
• C. Haz
• D. No comas

Answer: (B)

Negative commands in Spanish are formed by putting no in front of the present subjunctive form of the verb for the tú subject. For hablar, the present subjunctive tú form is hables, so the correct negative command is No hables. This pattern is what signals a command is negative rather than affirmative. The other options show either an affirmative command (Habla, Haz) or another negative form using the same subjunctive pattern for comer (No comas), which also fits the rule, but No hables clearly demonstrates the negative imperative form.

Negative commands in Spanish are formed by putting no in front of the present subjunctive form of the verb for the tú subject. For hablar, the present subjunctive tú form is hables, so the correct negative command is No hables. This pattern is what signals a command is negative rather than affirmative. The other options show either an affirmative command (Habla, Haz) or another negative form using the same subjunctive pattern for comer (No comas), which also fits the rule, but No hables clearly demonstrates the negative imperative form.