Indirect orders

Question

Ayude, por favor!

Y mandaba el siguiente " ¡Y Tú! ¡Vaya Ve al establo, diga di a mi cochero qué ha sucedido aquí y pide que él venga aquí, corre!"

Please see here that a person is giving an order. He instructs someone else to go to a particular place and talk to "el cochero". The second person is to tell "el cochero" what has happened and to ask him (el cochero) to come to the place where the first person is. And all of this happened once upon a time in old Spain. Are the moods/tenses the correct ones? muchas gracias de antemano!

Answer 1

I would say no because he is saying ¡Y Tú! and then giving the commands in the Ud. form. I think they should be "ve", "di". "Pide" and "corre" are fine. I wonder why the change in forms?

Excellent! I believe you are right, should be "ve" & "di"; why change in forms, 'cause Hablar poco español - Lector_Constante, May 19, 2011

Answer 2

everything is fine except "pide", it should be "pida"

"pide" used as imperative, the speaker gives the order "ask him to come here"; should that be "pida"?? - Lector_Constante, May 19, 2011

If she used "Tu" instead of "Usted" it should be the imperative "pide". Tu, pide! Usted, Pida! - Oramasdude, May 19, 2011