Imperative mood of verbs
I have been looking at the imperative mood of verbs, I get the you forms, formal and informal... but why is there a first person plural imperative? How would that be used?
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Also, I forgot to mention, the imperative and subjunctive forms are so closely related, I suppose only context determines the difference?
The forms are not always the same:
(Espero, deseo, Ojalá) que tengas un buen día
Ten un buen día (you don’t hear this much, actually commanding someone to have a good day in Spanish, the way you do in English, but maybe we are not commanding them- (I hope that you) have a good day).
But sometimes they are, and yes read it as you want:
(Quiero que) no lo hagas. Don’t do it, or I don’t want you to do it. Hmmm.
Just my opinion as a fellow traveler down this path.
I am not sure what you don’t understand:
https://studyspanish.com/grammar/lessons/noscomm
FIRST PERSON COMMANDS ("NOSOTROS")
Nosotros commands are used when the speaker is included, and are used to express the idea “let’s + verb.” To form these commands, use the nosotros form of the present subjunctive.
Comamos allí. Let’s eat there.
Contemos el dinero. Let’s count the money.
I might add that often "vamos a infinitive" replaces the nosotros command.
Vamos a ver- Let's see (or we are going to see).
The Spanish are more direct than my compatriots in the UK so the imperative is useful.
Bosque has taken you through it including the let's do lunch, go out etc.
I did start a thread with songs to help you learn and had set out the imperative. Effectively it is all the same as the subjunctive verbs except for tu and vosotros affirmative commands.
