Los mandatos formales

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Los mandatos formales
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• Informal commands refer to commands you give to
  your friends, siblings or younger members of your
  family people you would generally address as
  tú in Spanish.
• Formal commands refer to commands you give to
  your elders and people you dont know people
  you generally address as usted in Spanish.
  They can also be given to a group of people the
  ustedes in Spanish.

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• Informal commands take a different form in the
  affirmative and negative. For example
• Speak Spanish!
• Habla español!
• Dont speak English!
• No hables inglés!

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Fortunately, formal commands are much easier!
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• Three steps to making a negative informal
  command
• Conjugate to yo form. HABLO
• Take off the o. HABL
• Add opposite tú ending (and no).
• NO HABLES

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To make formal commands affirmative or negative
the steps are the same with the exception of
the ending.
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• Usted command
• Conjugate to yo form. HABLO
• Take off the o. HABL
• Add opposite usted ending (add no if negative).
  
• (NO) HABLE

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• Ustedes command
• Conjugate to yo form. HABLO
• Take off the o. HABL
• Add opposite ustedes ending (add no if
  negative).
• (NO) HABLEN

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• Remember youve already seen formal commands!
• Repetir
• Repite! (informal, tú)
• Repitan! (formal plural, ustedes)

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Práctica parte I

• Señor Romero, please dont sing!
• Señor Jones, dance!
• José y Laura, listen!
• Mamá y Papá, dont buy the bread!

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PRONOUNS!!
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• In an affirmative command, pronouns go after the
  verb and are attached to the verb itself. An
  accent must be added to the syllable where the
  original stress was. A strategy for remembering
  this is AAAA.
• Escribe la carta Escríbela!
• Escriba usted la carta! Escríbala!
• Escriban ustedes la carta! Escríbanla!

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• In a negative command, pronouns go before the
  verb. This is where they usually go!
• No escribas la carta! No la escribas!
• No escriba usted la carta! No la escriba!
• No escriban ustedes la carta! No la escriban!

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• Reflexive pronouns follow the same rules! Youve
  seen these before too!
• Sentarse
• Siéntate! (informal, tú)
• Siéntense! (formal plural, ustedes)
• Sentarse in the negative
• No te sientes! (informal, tú)
• No se sienten! (formal plural, ustedes)

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Práctica parte II

• Señor Romero, sing (la canción)!
• Señor Jones, dance (el tango)!
• José y Laura, listen (to me)!
• Mamá y Papá, dont buy (el pan)!
• Señor Bernhart, shave!
• José y Laura, dont shower!

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IRREGULARS!!
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Usted Ustedes
SER (no) sea (no) sean
IR (no) vaya (no) vayan
DAR (no) dé (no) den
ESTAR (no) esté (no) estén
SABER (no) sepa (no) sepan
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Práctica parte II

• Señorita Lee, dont give homework!
• Señor Romero, be nice!
• José y Laura, dont be late!
• Señora Watts, go to the party!
• Señor Jones, know the answer!

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• When making a command, the subject is usually not
  needed because we know the command is directed at
  the people to whom we are speaking. But if you
  add it for emphasis, it will always follow the
  verb.
• Ex. Coma usted la manzana!

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• In summary ALL regular commands take the
  opposite ending of the person you are speaking
  to, with the exception of the affirmative tú!