How to use The imperative form of verbs ending in -ger in Spanish

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The imperative form of verbs ending in -ger

The imperative form of  verbs ending in -ger (coger (to get, to take), proteger (to protect), recoger (to pick up), etc. is irregular. They are conjugated as follows:

Coger en
(tú) coge
(usted) coja
(nosotros/as) cojamos
(vosotros/as) coged
(ustedes) cojan
Proteger
(tú) protege
(usted) proteja
(nosotros/as) protejamos
(vosotros/as) proteged
(ustedes) protejan
Recoger en
(tú) recoge
(usted) recoja
(nosotros/as) recojamos
(vosotros/as) recoged
(ustedes) recojan

Cojamos las maletas.

Let's get the bags.

Protege a tu hermanito.

Protect your little brother.

Other verbs that follow this conjugation are acoger (to welcome, to receive), escoger (to choose), and emerger (to emerge).

Exercise 1

Conjuga coger y proteger en imperativo.

en
Coger en
(tú)
(usted)
(nosotros/as) cojamos
(vosotros/as) coged
(ustedes) cojan


Proteger
(tú)
(usted)
(nosotros/as) protejamos
(vosotros/as)
(ustedes) protejan


Conjuga coger y proteger en imperativo.

en
Coger en
(tú) coge
(usted) coja
(nosotros/as) cojamos
(vosotros/as) coged
(ustedes) cojan
Proteger
(tú) protege
(usted) proteja
(nosotros/as) protejamos
(vosotros/as) proteged
(ustedes) protejan
Exercise 2

Conjuga recoger y emerger en imperativo.

en
Recoger en
(tú) recoge
(usted)
(nosotros/as) recojamos
(vosotros/as) recoged
(ustedes)


Emerger
(tú)
(usted)
(nosotros/as) emerjamos
(vosotros/as) emerged
(ustedes) emerjan


Conjuga recoger y emerger en imperativo.

en
Recoger en
(tú) recoge
(usted) recoja
(nosotros/as) recojamos
(vosotros/as) recoged
(ustedes) recojan
Emerger
(tú) emerge
(usted) emerja
(nosotros/as) emerjamos
(vosotros/as) emerged
(ustedes) emerjan
Exercise 3

Conjuga encoger y acoger en imperativo.

en
Encoger
(tú)
(usted) encoja
(nosotros/as) encojamos
(vosotros/as) encoged
(ustedes)


Acoger
(tú)
(usted)
(nosotros/as) acojamos
(vosotros/as) acoged
(ustedes) acojan


Conjuga encoger y acoger en imperativo.

en
Encoger
(tú) encoge
(usted) encoja
(nosotros/as) encojamos
(vosotros/as) encoged
(ustedes) encojan
Acoger
(tú) acoge
(usted) acoja
(nosotros/as) acojamos
(vosotros/as) acoged
(ustedes) acojan

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