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Spanish Commands

This document discusses Spanish commands (imperatives) in the affirmative and negative forms for various pronouns: - There are five types of commands in Spanish for tú, vosotros, usted, ustedes, and nosotros. Commands use the subjunctive form except for some irregular tú commands. - To make a command negative, add "no" before the verb form. For example, affirmative is "Hable" and negative is "No hable". - Examples of commands are provided for each pronoun as well as exercises to practice forming affirmative and negative commands. Pronouns can be added before commands and reflexive pronouns are used in the

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Spanish Commands

This document discusses Spanish commands (imperatives) in the affirmative and negative forms for various pronouns: - There are five types of commands in Spanish for tú, vosotros, usted, ustedes, and nosotros. Commands use the subjunctive form except for some irregular tú commands. - To make a command negative, add "no" before the verb form. For example, affirmative is "Hable" and negative is "No hable". - Examples of commands are provided for each pronoun as well as exercises to practice forming affirmative and negative commands. Pronouns can be added before commands and reflexive pronouns are used in the

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Spanish Commands

(the Imperative Mood)


English Commands
There are no special conjugations for
commands in English:

You (singular): Leave!


You (plural): Leave!
We: Let's leave!
Spanish Commands
There are five types of commands in
Spanish (both affirmative and negative):

tú vosotros
usted nosotros
ustedes
Affirmative Usted Commands
To tell one person (formally, respectfully)
to do something, use the subjunctive:

Hable.
Corra.
Repita.
Negative Usted Commands
To tell one person (formally, respectfully)
not to do something, add a no:

No hable.
No corra.
No repita.
Affirmative Ustedes Commands
To tell a group of people (formal in Spain)
to do something, use the subjunctive:

Hablen.
Corran.
Repitan.
Negative Ustedes Commands
Add a no to switch from affirmative to
negative:

No hablen.
No corran.
No repitan.
Practice: Make affirmative Ud. commands:
listen follow
watch stop
go pay attention
be careful come here
give practice
Now make negative Ud. commands.
Practice: Affirmative Uds. commands:
listen follow
watch stop
go pay attention
be careful come here
give practice
Now negative Uds. commands.
Affirmative Tú Commands
To tell one person (informally) to do
something, use the indicative él/ella/Ud.:

Habla.
Corre.
Repite.
Affirmative Tú Commands
There are eight irregulars:

di sal
haz sé
ve ten
pon ven
Negative Tú Commands
For negative tú commands, combine no
with the tú form subjunctive:

No hables.
No corras.
No repitas.
Practice: Affirmative tú commands:
listen follow
watch stop
go pay attention
be careful come here
give practice
Now negative tú commands.
Nosotros Commands
Use the subjunctive for affirmative
commands:

Hablemos.
Corramos.
Repitamos.
Nosotros Commands
Add no for negative commands:

No hablemos.
No corramos.
No repitamos.
Nosotros Commands
There is one irregular; use the indicative of
ir in the affirmative:

Vamos.
Stick with subjunctive for the negative:

No vayamos.
Practice: Affirmative nosotros commands:
let's listen let's follow
let's watch let's stop
let's go let's buy
let's be careful let's learn
let's give let's practice
Now negative nosotros commands.
Vosotros Commands
To command an informal group (in Spain)
replace -r of the infinitive with -d:

Hablad.
Corred.
Repetid.
Vosotros Commands
Use the subjunctive for negative
commands:

No habléis.
No corráis.
No repitáis.
Practice: Affirmative vosotros commands:
listen follow
watch stop
go pay attention
be careful come here
give pay
Now negative vosotros commands.
Using Pronouns & Commands
Attach pronouns to affirmative commands.
You may need to add an accent mark:

Dime.
Dígame.
Díganmelo.
Decidme.
Using Pronouns & Commands
Pronouns come in front of negative
commands:

No me digas.
No me diga.
No me lo digan.
No me digáis.
Using Pronouns & Commands
Reflexive pronouns work the same way:

Alégrate.
Alégrese.
Alégrense.
No te alegres.
No se alegren.
Using Pronouns & Commands
Drop -s and -d from nosotros and vosotros
conjugations before adding the pronoun:

Alegrémonos.
Alegraos.
No nos alegremos.
No os alegréis.
Practice: Make affirmative commands:
Tell me. (tú)
Wash your hands. (Uds.)
Sit down. (Ud.)
Be quiet. (Uds.)
Let's have fun. (nosotros)
Give it to Yolanda. (tú)
Now make negative commands.
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