"you make the bed"

Question

Is it

Haz tú la cama.

Or

Haz la cama.

Is the "tú" necessary? Thanks ahead of time.. love ya 4 clicking.

Answer 1

Hi!

It depends; if it's like an order (eg. a mother to her child), it's "Haz la cama" but if there are 2 people, maybe twins who sleep together, you could use "Haz tú la cama" or "Tú haz la cama" or "Haz la cama tú", because it would mean that maybe it's his turn to do it or that the other person is tired or sick so "do it this time for me".

You can also use "Arregla la/tu cama", "Tiende tu/la cama", "Prepara la/tu cama". Personally, I've never used "hacer la cama" and never heard anyone using that verb.

Greetings.

Answer 2

To make the bed is "hacer la cama'. Using the imperative/command form of hacer would be (in tú form): Haz so your answer is Haz la cama." As far as I know, the *tú is not necessary. Haz already is the informal mandato/imperativo for this. But perhaps putting tú in the sentence makes it more emphatic. In Spanish, emphasis is most often made by word choice instead of stressing a particular word as in English.

Here is a link to a parallel viewpoint: Haz la cama

I would say the "tú" is for emphasis... Why don't you make the bed?- No, YOU make the bed! - NikkiLR, Feb 23, 2012

Answer 3

Depends on how you say it or who says it, if you ask someone to do it tiende tu la cama And if it is not going to ask someone directly is,tiende la cama.
This word is not correct and is not very usual=HAZ

Answer 4

In reply: hacer is the verb in my textbook. I agree other verbs would work, but I just went with the one from my studies.

Answer 5

i would say "arregla la cama" if i was telling someone to do it.

Answer 6

What about this solution? A friendly formal command for hacer is haga. "Haga la cama, por favor!"

Uhmm... you never use the "usted" mode with a friend. Maybe if you're in a hotel and you want the chambermaid to do it; but you have to use "Podría hacer..." - JuanPabloW, Feb 22, 2012