Ud. Commands

Question

**Commands are used when telling someone to do something...in English we form them by taking away the “to” in the infinitive…

Infinitive (Infinitivo) > Command (Mandato) To take Take!
To run Run!
To look Look!
To open Open!

In Spanish, there are Tú, or informal, commands and Ud., or formal, commands, when talking to one person.

Also, there are Nosotros, Vosotros, and Uds. commands when talking to multiple people

Ud. commands are used when addressing people as Ud. and they are formed by: ? Go to YO ? Drop the -O ? Add the opposite Ud. ending ? -AR verbs ? -e ? -ER / -IR verbs ? a

Uds. commands are used when addressing people as Ud. and they are formed by: ? Go to YO ? Drop the -O ? Add the opposite Uds. ending ? -AR verbs ? -en ? -ER / -IR verbs ? an

below takes you through the steps of forming Ud. & Uds. Commands… look through the first few then continue the pattern for the blanks that are blue.

Infinitive Present Tense YO, -o Ud. Command Uds. Command Meaning hablar habl- hable hablen Speak comer com- coma coman Eat Dormir (o-ue) duerm- duerma duerman sleep Cerrar (e-ier) cierr- cierre cierren close Servir (e-i) sirv- sirva sirvan Serve Repetir (e-i) repit- repita repitan Repeat Leer el periódico le- lea lean Read Comprar una revista compr compre compren Buy Subir al autobús sub suba suban Climb(get on) Entrar en la clase entr entre entren Enter Beber un café beb beba beban Drink Estudiar la lección estudi estudie estudien Study Montar a caballo mont monte monten Watch Dormir la siesta dorm dorma dorman Sleep Comer un pedazo de pizza com coma coman Eat Nadar en la piscina nad nade naden Swim Cerrar las ventanas cerr cierre cierren Close Abrir el libro de español abr abra abran Open No dormir en clase dorm dorma doman Sleep Repetir las palabras repet repeta repetan Repeat Aprender un poema aprend aprenda aprendan Learn

So-----What is the question? If it is an article on the "mandatos" It could be formatted a little better. And there are some errors. - Daniela2041, Mar 3, 2017

Answer 1

For affirmative tú commands, when you conjugate "pongo", that's the present yo form. for any verbs with the -go endings, just drop the -go and you will end up with "pon". ¡Tú llega a mí casa! for verbs that don't end with -go, simply just use the present tú form. An affirmative tú command is like "Get out of the car!" "¡Sal el coche! Your telling someone to do something, you are giving them a command.