Presente de subjuntivo Verse imperativo
Which is correct and why?
Do not leave them! (The Keys)
¡No las dejes! (Las llaves)
¡No déjelas! (Las llaves)
¡No dejelos! (Las llaves)
Is there any difference between putting las before or after?
Thanks
I have only just started learning here so please be Kind.
Also google translate doesn´t always get it right and doesn´t explain the reasons!
9 Answers
Don´t leave the keys in the door. (as a comand!) No deje las llaves en el puerto!
el puerto = the port
la puerta = the door
"Deje" is for "usted" (formal), and "dejes" for "tú" (informal)
No las deja! Don´t leave them! (In short)
If you use present indicative, that's not a command, but a statement. You are informing someone about a fact: someone is not leaving the keys in the door.
¡No las deja! = He doesn't leave them! (statement with present indicative)
¡No las dejas! =You are not leaving them! (statement with present indicative)
¡No las dejes! = Don't leave them! (informal order with present subjunctive)
¡No las deje! = Don't leave them! (formal order with present subjunctive)
Deje las llaves en el puerto!
Déjelas! Leave them! (In short!)
Those last two are correct (except for "el puerto")
There are several articles in the reference section that explain the imperative. Here is a link to the tú forms:
If I want to give someone "advice" I need to use
Presente de subjuntivo
Dejes las llaves (Like I "advise" you to leave the keys)
oops
So imperativo is used as "negative comand"
no dejes no deje no dejemos
for "positive statement" I need to use presente de indicativo
dejo dejas deja
Is this where I am getting confused
...................................................................................... Otherwise If I use
no dejas ...Im saying "your not leaving" in stead of "Do not leave them!"
Leave the them (the keys)
(Tu) Dejeslas
"Déjalas (tú)" - the pronoun generally appears after the imperative
Do Not leave them (the keys)
(Tu) No las dejas
"(Tú) no las dejes." If you use indicative you are not giving an order, but simply stating a fact: you don't leave them.
So If I want to say :
Leave the them (the keys)
(Tu) Dejeslas
Do Not leave them (the keys)
(Tu) No las dejas
OK, here is basically what I know:
With the (positive) imperative or the positive subjunctive used imperatively, the pronoun or pronouns follow the verb and are attached to it.
Dámela (tú). Give it to me.
Dádnosla (vosotros). Give it to us.
Cómpremelos (usted). Buy them for me.
Levantémonos (nosotros). Let us rise.
Digámosle lo que queremos. Let us tell him what we want.
With the negative subjunctive of the above constructions, the pronouns precede the verb and are not joined to it.
No me lo des (tú). Do not give it to me.
No se lo compréis (vosotros) a él. Do not buy it from him.
No nos lavemos ahora. Let us not wash now.
No se te figure a ti tal cosa. Do not imagine such a thing.
¡No las dejes! (Las llaves)
Correct.
¡No déjelas! (Las llaves)
¡No dejelos! (Las llaves)
Both wrong. The negative imperative is like a short way of writing "(Te ordeno que) no las dejes". Present subjunctive does not allow pronouns to be attached at the end like that in modern Spanish. In any case, it must be "las" (=las llaves)
By the way, "¡No las dejes!" suggests that the person is leaving them on purpose. If the keys are not left on purpose, we tend to say "¡No te las dejes!" much more often.
