Go to the Prado Museum in Spanish

Quick Answer

¡Hola!Learn how to go to the Prado Museum in Spanish in this article and the lessons above! Specifically, learn how to do the following in Spanish:

• understand the vosotros command form

• use common travel-related vocabulary

give advice using the vosotros command form

Vocabulary

Let's start off with the vocab words in these lessons!

Adjective

SpanishEnglish
urbanocity
examples
Coged autobuses urbanos.
Take city buses.

Nouns

SpanishEnglish
el abanicofan
el climaweather
el momentomoment
el Museo del PradoPrado Museum
el Museo Reina SofíaReina Sofia Museum
la plaza MayorMain Square
examples
Disfrutad del clima.
Enjoy the weather.
Compartid buenos momentos.
Share pleasant moments.
Id al Museo del Prado.
Go to the Prado Museum.

Nouns that end in -ma are typically masculine, despite ending in a!

examples

Disfrutad del clima.
Enjoy the weather.

Noun Phrase

SpanishEnglish
el bocadillo de calamaressquid sandwich
examples
Comed un bocadillo de calamares.
Eat a squid sandwich.

The legendary bocadillo de calamares is a must-try if you are ever in Madrid! Like any bocadillo in Spain, this sandwich is served on French bread. The squid is lightly battered and fried.

Prepositional Phrases

SpanishEnglish
con antelaciónahead of time
de díaduring the day
examples
Viajad de día.
Travel during the day.
Comprad las entradas con antelación.
Buy the tickets ahead of time.

Verbs: Vosotros Command Forms

In this skill, you learn the command forms for the following verbs!

InfinitiveEnglishVosotros Command FormNegative Vosotros Command Form
alojarseto stayalojaosno os alojéis
cogerto takecogedno cojáis
comerto eatcomedno comáis
compartirto sharecompartidno compartáis
comprarto buycompradno compréis
disfrutarto enjoydisfrutadno disfrutéis
irto goidno vayáis
ponerseto put onponeosno os pongáis
probarto tryprobadno probéis
sacarto takesacadno saquéis
salirto go outsalidno salgáis
sentarseto sitsentaosno os sentéis
traerto bringtraedno traigáis
vestirseto dressvestíosno os vistáis
viajarto travelviajadno viajéis
visitarto visitvisitadno visitéis

Affirmative Vosotros Commands

In Spain, affirmative vosotros commands are used to tell a group of people you are familiar with to do something.

In all other Spanish-speaking countries, we use ustedes commands in both informal and formal situations.

To form affirmative vosotros commands, replace the r at the end of the infinitive with a d.

Check out these examples.

examples
Visitad el Museo Reina Sofía.
Visit the Reina Sofia Museum.
Comed un bocadillo de calamares.
Eat a squid sandwich.

When using reflexive verbs, we typically attach the reflexive pronoun to the end of the affirmative command. However, with vosotros commands, we need to drop the d before adding the reflexive pronoun os.

Take a look at some examples.

examples

Vestíos con ropa adecuada.
Dress in appropriate clothing.

Poneos zapatos cómodos.
Put on comfortable shoes.

However, if you’re just using a direct or indirect object pronoun to the verb, all you need to do is add it to the end of the verb.

examples

Traedme un abanico.
Bring me a fan.

Negative Vosotros Commands

In Spain, negative vosotros commands are used to tell a group of people you are familiar with not to do something. To form negative vosotros commands, use the vosotros form of the present subjunctive. For regular -ar verbs, add -éis to the stem. For regular -er and -ir verbs, add -áis to the stem. Make sure to use a negative word like no or nunca before the verb!

Check out these examples:

examples
No compréis las entradas en la puerta.
Don't buy the tickets at the door.
No comáis demasiado.
Don't eat too much.

Pronoun Placement in Negative Vosotros Commands

Pronouns come between the negative word (such as no) and the verb in negative vosotros commands.

examples
No las probéis todas el mismo día.
Don't try them all the same day.
No os vistáis con demasiada ropa.
Don't wear too much clothing.

Learn more about vosotros commands in this article.

Phrases

Here are some of the phrases used in these lessons!

SpanishEnglish
No os sentéis al sol.Don't sit in the sun.
Probad las tapas.Try the tapas.

What is Vosotros?

If you have spent most of your time in Latin America or studying Latin American Spanish, it is likely that you don't have much experience with this pronoun. Check out these must-knows!

  • Vosotros is a second-person plural subject pronoun that is only used in Spain and has its own set of verb endings.
  • Vosotros is used to address a group of men only or a group made up of men and women. Even if there are ninety-nine women and only one man in a group, you still use vosotros.
  • Vosotrasis the feminine form and is only used when the entire group is female.

Vosotros vs. Ustedes

The use of vosotros is a major grammatical difference between Spanish in Spain and Latin American Spanish.

  • In Spain, vosotros is used when you are talking to a group of friends, peers, pets, children, or close family members. In other words, it is used to address a group of people informally.
  • In Spain, ustedesis used to address a group of people formally. For example, a group of people older than you or people you don’t know well.
  • Since most Latin American countries do not use vosotros, ustedes is used in both informal and formal situations.

Quiz Yourself!

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Spanish Conversation

Fantastic! Let's put the grammar and vocab from above to the test in the following example of a conversation in Spanish.

Santiago:
Jimena, vives en la capital. Voy allí con mi familia mañana. ¿Qué podemos hacer en Madrid?
Jimena, you live in the capital city. I’m going there with my family this weekend. What can we do in Madrid?
Jimena:
Primero, id al Museo del Prado, pero comprad las entradas con antelación. ¡Hay mucha gente allí!
First, go to the Prado Museum, but buy your tickets ahead of time. There are a lot of people there!
Santiago:
¿Cómo está el tiempo en Madrid?
How’s the weather in Madrid?
Jimena:
Está bien. Disfrutad del clima, pero no os sentéis al sol.
It’s good. Enjoy the weather, but don’t sit in the sun.
Santiago:
¿Qué ropa debemos llevar?
What clothes should we wear?
Jimena:
Vestíos con ropa adecuada y poneos zapatos cómodos.
Dress in appropriate clothing and put on comfortable shoes.

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