Recuerdes

Recuerdes is the second-person singular form of the present subjunctive of the Spanish verb recordar. It is used in subordinate clauses that require the subjunctive mood, typically after verbs or expressions of desire, doubt, emotion, or necessity, and after certain conjunctions that introduce dependent clauses. This form indicates that the action of remembering is uncertain, hypothetical, or subject to another condition rather than asserted as a fact.

In the present subjunctive, recordar undergoes the typical o-ue stem change and the tú form becomes recuerdes. The full present-subjunctive paradigm for recordar is recuerde, recuerdes, recuerde, recordemos, recordéis, recuerden. Therefore, recuerdes is the correct form when the subject is tú in a present subjunctive clause.

Common contexts for using recuerdes include sentences like: Espero que recuerdes traer el informe. Es posible que recuerdes apagar la luz al salir. Quisiera que recuerdes lo que prometiste. In formal writing or speech, the corresponding usted form is recuerde, and the plural ustedes form is recuerden or recuerden, depending on person and number. The vosotros form, recordéis, is used primarily in Spain, while in Latin America the vosotros forms are often avoided in favor of ustedes.

Notes on usage: recuerdes appears predominantly in spoken language and informal writing when addressing a familiar interlocutor. When the meaning requires a more general or formal nuance, other subjunctive forms or verb tenses may be preferred. The subjunctive mood in Spanish conveys mood rather than tense, signaling non-factual or potential action in relation to recordar.