Positive usted command?????

Question

What is the positive usted command for tener? Is it also called imperative?

Answer 1

Positive Ud. commands are just the present subjunctive of that verb. So... it would be 'tenga'. And yes, commands are also called imperatives.

Then would negative ustedes command be imperfect subjunctive? - Spanish2Sophomre, Sep 15, 2010

so for bailar it would be bajen? - Spanish2Sophomre, Sep 15, 2010

Answer 2

Then would negative ustedes command be imperfect subjunctive?

No, negative affirmative commands are still formed like the 3rd person, present tense, subjunctive mood, but they are a different mood (imperative rather than subjunctive) -

Abran (ustedes) los libros.

No abran (ustedes) los libros.

so for bailar it would be bajen?

affirmative command (ustedes)

bailen (ustedes)

no bailen (ustedes)

The affirmative formal, plural command ( ustedes) does not change when going from affirmative to negative. The informal, singular command (tú) does change when going from affirmative to negative.

baila (tú) (same form as 3rd person, singular, present tense, indicative mood)

no bailes (tú) (same form as 2nd person, singular, present tense, subjunctive mood)

Again, even though, these forms share a common morphology (verb endings) commands are imperative mood, not subjunctive mood)

Te dije que vayas al mercado.

I told you to go to the store. vayas is subjunctive mood; not imperative or it would be "ve".