FORMAL COMMANDSVistas 12.2

FORMAL COMMANDS

There are two kinds of formal commands:

•Ud. Commands are used towards a single person in a formal tone.Sra. Guzmán, explíqueme la tarea, por favor.

•Uds. Commands are used towards a group of people. Pablo y Roberto, entréguenme los libros, por favor.

REGULAR VERBS

All Formal Commands are formed in the same way.• Verbos Regulares:

Conjugate in the yo formDrop the “o”Add the opposite ending • ar verbs use “e” for Ud. “en” for Uds.• er/ir verbs use “a” for Ud. “an” for Uds.

EXAMPLES OF REGULAR FORMAL COMMANDS

•Bailar : Baile, Ud. / Bailen, Uds. No baile, Ud. / No bailen, Uds.

•Leer: Lea, Ud. / Lean, Uds. No lea, Ud. / No lean, Uds.

SPELLING CHANGES

Verbs that end in: car will now end in que/n

as in “marcar” - No marque el libro. gar will now end in gue/n

as in “llegar” – No llegue tarde. zar will now end in ce/n

as in “cruzar” – No cruce la calle

DON’T FORGET THE GO VERBS

To Go you need “GAS” Decir – (No) diga/nSalir - (No) salga/nPoner - (No) ponga/nVenir - (No) venga/nHacer - (No) haga/nTener - (No) tenga/n

IRREGULAR VERBS

Verbos Irregulares•DAR : (No) de/n •ESTAR: (No) esté/n •SABER: (No) sepa/n •SER: (No) sea/n• IR: (No) vaya/n

PRONOUN PLACEMENT

AFFIRMATIVE COMMANDS• Place pronouns AFTER the command

Estudiantes, entréguenmela. (la tarea)

NEGATIVE COMMANDS• Place pronoun BEFORE the command

Estudiantes, no me la entreguen ahora. (la tarea)