Question about Bajar

Question

I'm curious how I could tell someone to go down the stairs

Would it be:

tu bajas las escaleras

or

baja las escaleras

and why? Thank you.

Answer 1

Hello, and welcome to the forum. When addressing someone as tú and telling them to go down the stairs (rather than just describing her action), you would say, "Baja la escalera." Baja is the tú command for of the verb bajar. You may be interested in this lesson on tú commands. Your other option, "Tú bajas la escalera" means "You go down the stairs" and is a descriptive sentence, not a command. Also, the tú is unnecessary in that case.