Spanish 3H review of all command formats in Spanish to include affirmative, negative, regular, irregular and with/without pronouns :)

1. ¡Los mandatos!
How to tell someone “nicely” what to do & where to go ;-)

2. Who’s the Boss?
▪ Let’s think about a command for a moment. If it:
▪ Is a directive from one person to another, then,
▪ Who is telling whom what to do?
▪ Who gives you commands (who tells you what to do?)
▪ PARENTS (always…  > “don’t hit your sister!”
▪ TEACHERS (almost always  “don’t forget Friday’s test!”
▪ Bosses, coaches, traffic signs! “Run that drill again!” “No U turn!”
▪ Friends and family “Call me later!” “Get out of my way!”
▪ In Spanish then, who will be the potential “command”-ers?
▪ Tú
▪ Usted
▪ Ustedes
▪ Nosotros (yes, even we can make a command, when we say “let’s do it!”

3. paso a paso…. los formatos de los mandatos
▪ Tú mandato, de forma irregular
i. Venir: ven
ii. Decir: di
iii. Salir: sal
iv. Hacer: haz
v. Tener: ten
vi. Ir: ve
vii. Poner: pon
viii. Ser: sé (there always has to
be ONE in the group with an
accent… ;-)
▪ Tú afirmativo
▪ The tú affirmative command is
f.á.c.i.l…. Simply go to the 3rd
person singular of the verb’s
conjugation!
1. Hablar > ¡habla!
2. Comer > ¡come!
3. Escribir > ¡escribe!
▪ Of COURSE there are irregulars,
see the slide “a la derecha….” >…

4. paso a paso, los formatos de los mandatos
(¡continuado!) … usted and ustedes ahora…
▪ USTED y USTEDES commands
are the exact same format
(yay!)
1. Go to yo
2. Drop the –o
3. Add the opposite ending (-ar
verbs’ is “e”, -er/-ir verbs’ is “a”)
4. Plus –n if your subject is Uds.
a. Hablar> ¡hable! ¡hablen!
b. Comer> ¡Coma! ¡Coman!
c. Escribir>¡Escriba! ¡Escriban!
▪ OJO!!! Be very careful with
these commands, if your “yo”
form of the original verb is
“quirky” so will your command
be:
a. Tener> tengo>teng->tenga!
b. Pensar>pienso>piens->piense!
c. Conducir>conduzco>conduzc-
>conduzca!
d. Proteger>protejo>protej-
>proteja!

5. paso a paso, los formatos de los mandatos!
(nosotros ahora…)
▪ Nosotros has the exact same
command format as Ud./Uds.
▪ Go to yo
▪ Drop the –o
▪ Add opposite ending
▪ +-mos (for nosotros)
1. Hablar>¡hablemos!
2. Comer>¡comamos!
3. Escribir>¡escribamos!
▪ But, reflexives get tricky…..
▪ When you work with REFLEXIVE nosotros commands:
▪ Follow format at left
▪ Drop –s in –mos
▪ Add –nos
▪ Accent 3 vowels back
1. Bañarse>¡bañémonos!
2. Cepillarse>¡cepillémonos!
3. Acostarse>¡acostémonos!*
(only –ir stem changing verbs will take HALF a stem change in the
nosotros command)
4. Dormirse>¡Durmámonos!
▪ TIP to help with affirmative reflexive nosotros =
▪ Affirmative,Attach,Accent

6. Paso a paso, los formatos de los mandatos!
(nosotros continuado…ya!)
▪ REFLEXIVE, NOSOTROS,
NEGATIVE (ay ay ay!):
▪ If in the affirmative nosotros
reflexive commands we:
▪ Affirmative, attach, accent
▪ In the NEGATIVE nosotros
reflexive commands:
▪ Pronoun precedes!
▪ Compare the formats to both
affirmative and negative nosotros
commands in the next window
▪ Peinarse:
▪ Peinémonos / no no peinemos
▪ Vestirse:
▪ Vistámonos / no nos vistamos
▪ Dormirse
▪ Durmámonos / no nos durmamos
▪ Arreglarse
▪ Arreglémonos / no nos
arreglemos
▪ (phew….. :)