not subjunctive?

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hi, why is this not considered subjunctive tense?

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Hola SaintsI'm not quite sure what you mean, do you mean why we don't use the subjunctive after "si" here? Inma

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Hi Imma, I have a question that might be related to that of @Saints.

In the second section with the examples of _negative_ commands etc. You say the command "is expressed in El Presente de Subjuntivo." But aren't these tenses _also_ in El Impertativo ? I mean, the actual words are the same as the subjunctive conjugations, but wouldn't it be more correct to say that the command/etc is _always_ in the imperative ? Or is there reason to think that the negative command "no tomes" is "really" in the subjunctive ?

Thanks!
Alan

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Alan and Saints, I had the same thought/question. Looking at the conjugations, I notice the negative imperative “tú” matches the subjunctive (vengas/no vengas) but the positive imperative “tú”  is different (ven). Other than the “tú” conjugation, the other “persons” match between indicative and subjunctive. Trying to get a native English speaker’s head around that one!

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