Formal Commands!Formal Commands!Ten-Hut!

In this presentation, you will learn

about making commands in Spanish.

Commands in English…Commands in English…… are pretty easy. You

just use a base verb form (without a subject, since it’s always “you”) to tell people what they should do: Stand up! Sit down! Do your homework! Take out the garbage! Be quiet!

Commands in English…Commands in English…

… and what they shouldn’t do: Don’t write in

your books! Don’t speak

English in Spanish class!

Don’t be silly!

Let’s look at a few examples!Let’s look at a few examples!

¡Ahorre con las gangas!

¡No olvide!

¡Aproveche la venta-liquidacion.!

Las Formas de los mandatos de los verbos de “AR”:

• HableHable despacio, por favor. despacio, por favor.

• The speaker is talking to one person.

• Can you figure out how we got the form “hable”?

• Take the “yo” form of the present: HABLO

• Drop the –o: HABL-

• “Hablar” is an –AR verb, so add –E to form the command: HABLE

Las Formas de los mandatos de los verbos de “ER y IR”

• Repita, por favor.Repita, por favor.

• The speaker is talking to one person.

• Can you figure out how we got the form “repita”?

• Take the “yo” form of the present: REPITO

• Drop the –o: REPIT-

• “Repetir” is an –IR verb, so add –A to form the command: REPITA

• Opposite vowelsOpposite vowels

• Think of the verb adding the “opposite vowel”:

• AR verbs add an –E.

• ER & IR verbs add an –A.

Uds. mandatos

• Uds…Uds…

• Ahorren con las rebajas!

• Right! Just add an –N to the command form when you are talking to more than one person.

Irregulares:

• Sea, esté, dé, sepa, vayaSea, esté, dé, sepa, vaya• These five verbs are very irregular for a good

reason: – Ser > yo soy Sea!– Estar > yo estoy Este’!– Dar > yo doy De’!– Saber > yo sé Sepa!– Ir > yo voy Vaya!

• The yo form does not end in an –o, so there is no –o to drop when forming the command form.