What verb form is "pongámonos"?

Question

Hola,

I feel like the "pongámonos" is probably the 1st person plural imperative of "ponerse", but the dictionary on this site says that form would be "pongamos".

Please could somebody help me understand this?

Any help would be highly appreciated!

Muchas gracias, Rangi

Answer 1

This is the reflexive form (using the reflexive pronoun "nos" ) which is usually followed up by a direct object-- like clothing. The non-reflexive 1st person plural imperative is as you stated "pongamos."

Pongámonos la chaqueta y vamos afuera. "Let's put our jackets on and go outside." (Note that you drop the "s" of pongamos before adding the reflexive pronoun"nos". "Chaqueta is singular because each one wears only one jacket. --usually.

Thank you very much! Do you know if the rule about dropping the "s" apply to all/most first person plural imperative reflexive verbs in Spanish? - Rangi, Nov 25, 2016

Yes, the "s" is dropped. - jtaniel, Nov 25, 2016