Formal CommandsUnidad 3 Etapa 1

Review

• Informal commands - Friends and family

• Mom, buy milk, please.

• Mamá, compra la leche, por favor.

• Don’t drink the water!

• ¡No bebas el agua!

Positive Tú Commands

• To form positive informal commands, we used the same form as the third person singular form.

• ¡Anda! (Andar)

• ¡Vende! (Vender)

• ¡Abre! (Abrir)

Our irregulars were...• Ven (Venir)

• Ten (Tener)

• Pon (Poner)

• Haz (Hacer)

• Sal (Salir)

• Ve (Ir)

• Di (Decir)

• Sé (Ser)

Negative Tú Commands

• Go to the Yo form - Drop the “O” - Add the opposite tú form ending...

• ¡No bebas en clase! (Beber)

• ¡No salgas la clase! (Salir)

• ¡No duermas en clase! (Dormir)

Our irregulars were...

• No Seas (Ser)

• No Vayas (Ir)

• No des (Dar)

• No estés (Estar)

• No sepas (Saber)

Pronouns

• Direct, indirect, and reflexive pronouns were attached to a positive command and before a negative command.

• ¡Cómpralo!

• ¡No lo compres!

Formal Commands

• Formal commands are used to tell someone you are not familiar with (or someone you want to show respect to) to do something.

• Teachers, doctors, waiters, friend’s parents...

Formal Commands

• Positive and negative formal (ud/uds) commands are the same.

• Go to the Yo form - Drop the “O” - Add the opposite ud/uds. form ending...

Formal Commands

• Escriba / Escriban (Escribir)

• Enseñe / Enseñen (Enseñar)

• Haga / Hagan (Hacer)

• Tenga / Tengan (Tener)

• Ponga / Pongan (Poner)

Our irregulars are...

• No sea / No sean (Ser)

• No vaya / No vayan (Ir)

• No dé / No den (Dar)

• No esté / No estén (Estar)

• No sepa / No Sepan (Saber)

Pronouns

• Pronouns are placed in the same place as they are in the +Tú and -Tú forms respectively. Attached for positive and before for negative.

One last note

• Verbs that end in Car-Gar-Zar will continue to have the same type of change in the Formal Commands that they do in the preterite tense.

• Empiece / Empiecen - (Empezar)

• Saque / Saquen - (Sacar)

• Almuerce / Almuercen (Almorzar)67u