Ser y Estar en imperativo

Question

Hola,

Estudio esta semana los mandatos, y necesito ayuda con los dos verbos irregulares, Ser y Estar, en la Usted-forma de los mandatos.

Hope that was understandable. Yes, I've ready the SER/ESTAR sheet here, and did the lessons, and had it in my actual class, but there's not much on using them in Usted y Ustedes imperative forms. (I'm fairly comfortable in the normal indicative mood)

I know they're sea/sean and esté/esten, but could use a couple simple examples of simple commands for both Ser and Estar. The more the better - I can probably then develop a feel for when each is employed myself (though glad to have any usage notes too.

Muchas gracias. Roger

Answer 1

You use: -the presente subjunctive,third person,singular for usted -the presente subjunctive, third person,plural for ustedes The spanish language has the imperative only for the second person,singular and plural,affirmative form.For the second person,singular and plural,the negative form,the presente subjunctive is used: -For tú = Sing---Sing!---Don't sing! =Cantar---¡Canta!----¡No cantes! [incorect:¡ No canta!] -For vosotros = Sing!---Don't sing! =Cantar---¡Cantad!---¡No canteís![incorect:¡No canted!]

The presente subjunctive is the imperative in spanish language.. USTED

Usted no está contento.¡Por favor,esté contento! = You are not satisfied.Please,be satisfied!

USTED

Ustedes no estan aqui.¡Por favor,mañana,estén aqui! = You aren't here,Please,tomorrow,be here!.

Answer 2

Hi Rog,

Here's a couple of examples of using ser or estar in the imperative:

Que seas feliz = Be happy (ser) Estate quieto or for Ud - Estese quieto = Be quiet (estar)

You probably come across the tú forms a little more often than the others because we're more likely to boss people around when we're familiar with them je je

I hope this lesson might help And there is this game too for practice.

Thanks. I¨ll look over the lessons later when I´m in the office and have a better connection.. What I remain unclear on, for the moment, is why happy gets SER but quiet gets ESTAR. Both seem as temporary-states. Or is it because happy is an emotion? - rogspax, Apr 24, 2012

Maybe because we want the person to have a happy life kind of thing but we know that they can't and wouldn't always want to be quiet :) - Kiwi-Girl, Apr 24, 2012

Answer 3

Goots! That frozen yogurt looks way too good! (I'm gonna go out on a limb and call it frozen yogurt, hah)