1. Formal and Plural Commands

2.  Ud. (formal-singular) Commands - If you are
addressing someone you don’t know well or an older
person. Someone that you don’t address by first
name.
 Uds. (formal-plural) Commands - If you are
addressing the command to more than one person.

3.  Take the “yo” form from the Present Tense.
 Drop the “o” (if no “o” then irregular)
 Add the following endings:
-ar verbs “e” for ud./”en” for uds.
-er/-ir verbs “a” for ud./”an” for uds.
Follow these steps:

4.  ¡Hablen más alto!
Speak louder!
 ¡Escriba con lápiz!
Write with pencil!
 ¡Traigan sus libros!
Bring your books!
 ¡No coma sus mocos!
Don’t eat your boogers!

5.  dar de / den
 ir vaya / vayan
 saber sepa / sepan
 estar esté / estén
 ser sea / sean

6.  -car (c-->qu)
saque/saquen busque/busquen
 -gar (g-->gu)
pague/paguen cargue/carguen
 -zar (z-->c)
almuerce/almuercen empiece/empiecen

7.  Affirmative Commands:
Attach the pronoun to the end of the command.
Tráeme el libro. Bring me the book.
Cómprele algo. Buy her/him something.
Báñense por favor. Bathe (yourselves) please.
Sentémonos aquí. Let’s sit here.
An accent mark is placed on the syllable of the verb
normally stressed.

8.  Negative Commands:
Place the pronoun separately, before the command.
No me traigas el libro. Don’t bring me the book.
No le compre nada. Don’t buy her/him anything.
No se báñen ahora. Don’t bathe (yourselves) now.
No nos sentemos aquí. Let’s not sit here.