Affirmative familia and negative familiar commands: 1. No_____(levantarse tarde) 2._____(traerle) el regalo a tu mama. 3. No _____ (ponerlo) en la mesa

Question

Im not sure what to fill in the blanks. These sentences are supposed to be affirmative familiar commands (speaking directly to one person with whom you would use the "tu" form) and the negative familiar commands. Where do I place the reflexive and the direct/inderect object pronouns in the affirmative and negative commands?

Answer 1

Hello, and welcome to the forum!

Regarding placement of reflexive and indirect objects: attach them to the affirmative command and put them before the negative command. Let's take another verb: "Talk to him" - "háblale"..."Don't talk to him" - "No le hables". Here's a reflexive: "Go to bed" - "acuéstate"..."Don't go to bed" - "No te acuestes".

Remember that you will need to add a written accent over the stressed syllable of the affirmative command when you attach a pronoun to it (unless the entire command with the pronoun is only 2 syllables).

I hope this has helped.