LOS MANDATOS FORMALES

Formal commands are addressed to “usted” and “ustedes”

Commands tell someone to do or not to do something

Regular Verbs1.Use yo form of the present

indicative as a base:hablo

2. Take off the –o:habl-

3. Add –e/-en for –ar verbs

-a/-an for –er/-ir verbshable hablen

coma coman escriba escriban

Irregular Verbs

dar

estar

ir

ser

dé / den

esté / estén

vaya / vayan

sea / sean

Spelling Changes

-car-gar llego

empiezo-zar

-ger-gir

saco saque(n)

empieze

llege

sace

present tenseprotejo

empiece(n)llegue(n)

proteja(n)

elijo elija(n)protegereligir

Pronouns with commandsAttach pronouns to

Affirmative commands.

No se levanten Uds.

Póngala Ud.

Add an accent if the word has 3 or more syllables:

Do not attach a pronoun to a Negative command:

Levántense Uds.

No la ponga Ud.