Is this sentence, "No salgas del sendero", subjunctive or imperative?

Question

When I'm wathing 2.13 video about Negative Informal Commands, there are many example sentences I think they sound like imperative sentences, not subjunctive ones. For example, "No salgas del sendero" or "No comas de esa parrilla sucia." What do you say?

What lesson is 2. 13 ? - 0080b918, Mar 2, 2013

Answer 1

Both positive direct commands and negative commands are in the imperative mood, which is used to give direct commands.

Where you're getting confused is that the negative tú commands are the same as the present subjunctive mood.

• Habla con ella. (Speak to her.)

• No hables con ella. (Don't speak to her.)

• Dime. (Tell me.)

• No me digas. (Don't tell me.)

Answer 2

These are imperatives. Imperatives normally take the subjunctive form (with certain exceptions not relevant to your example).

Imperatives only use the subjunctive form in the negative. - --Mariana--, Mar 2, 2013