Adding pronouns to the ending of affirmative commands

Question

If I want to say "Let us play", and I am speaking to more than one person, would I "drop" the second "n" in "Déjennos jugar"...? It looks wrong but I don't remember the exact rule!

But if you did then the 3rd person singular and plural would be the same, so I am guessing not. Native speaker Help? - gringojrf, Sep 30, 2013

Now that I have read your question several times I think you may be asking how to say. (You all) let us play. In which case I am unsure of the answer. The drop the "s" rule works for the 1st Person Plural but I don't know if it works for the 3rd PP. - gringojrf, Sep 30, 2013

...i.e. do you drop the "n" en dejen. I don't know. - gringojrf, Sep 30, 2013

I'm sorry my question wasn't very clear. The boys are playing basketball, and the girls say to them, "Let (allow) us play!" I thought you would use the Uds. command "dejen" and attach the pronoun to the end because it is affirmative. - gdal2, Oct 1, 2013

Answer 1

Actually, if you are saying "Let us play." Then the imperative form is "dejemos". With the pronoun in front it would be "nos dejemos". With the pronoun attached to the end it would be "dejémonos". You drop the final "s" in "dejemos" and add the "nos" pronoun. This is where the infamous and widely known word "vámonos" comes from. Which is one of my "nieta's" favorite words: "vámonos a calle". It is so cute when she says this.

If however you are saying "Let them play." Then the imperative form is dejen"". With the pronoun in front it would be "les dejen". With the pronoun attached to the end it would be "dejénles".

PS: I use "le and les" others will say that "lo and los" are correct. Both are acceptable.

To continue, the verb and the pronoun need to match the subject and the object which in my examples were both us or them. But it could easily be something other than the same. Like, (You familiar) let them play. Dejales/dejalos. (You formal) let them play. Dejéles/dejélos.

Cool, I need to see good examples like this too, because it was something covered in my last class, but only very superficially, I think two sentences and 2 examples. Not enough to stick. Thanks gringo! - rogspax, Sep 30, 2013

De nada. Let's hope I'm not full of ....! - gringojrf, Sep 30, 2013