siga or sigue?

Question

¡Hola!

I just want to ask if you asking a person to continue in ud. form do you say...

sigue por favor? or siga por favor?

I thought it was sigue but my spanish friend says it's siga. why is this?

Answer 1

It is "siga." This is because the Ud. forms of commands are actually the 3rd person singular subjunctive, which, for "-er" and "-ir" verbs like "seguir," is formed by taking the 1st person singular of the verb (in this case, "sigo") and changing the "-o" ending to an "-a."

Here is a link to an article on formal commands (Ud. and Uds.): Formal Commands