Los Mandatos Formales

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Los Mandatos Formales

• Formal/Ud. y Uds. Commands

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MANDATOS AFIRMATIVOS

• To give commands to people other than tú and to
  more than one person, use the Ud. and Uds.
  commands.
• To form Ud. commands, change the verb to the yo
  form in the present tense. Drop the o. For AR
  verbs, add e. For ER/IR verbs, add a.
• hablar hablo ? habl- ? hable
• traer traigo ? traig- ? traiga
• vivir vivo ? viv- ? viva

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MANDATOS AFIRMATIVOS

• To form Uds. commands, follow the same steps as
  Ud. commands, but for AR verbs, add en, and for
  ER/IR verbs, add an.
• hablar hablo ? habl- ? hablen
• traer traigo ? traig- ? traigan
• vivir vivo ? viv- ? vivan

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MANDATOS AFIRMATIVOS

• Attach reflexive, direct, and indirect object
  pronouns to the end of affirmative commands. Add
  an accent mark to show that the stress remains in
  the same place (verb).
• Tomen esas pastillas! Tómenlas ahora mismo!
• Lleve la receta. Por favor, llévela.

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MANDATOS NEGATIVOS

• To form negative Ud. and Uds. commands, just add
  no before the command.
• Coma frutas, pero no coma muchos dulces.
• Beban el agua. No beban muchos refrescos.

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MANDATOS NEGATIVOS

• When using reflexive, direct, and indirect object
  pronouns with negative Ud. or Uds. commands, add
  the pronoun between no and the verb.
• No se cepillen los dientes antes de comer.
• No le diga nada a ella.

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MANDATOS IRREGULARES

• Verbs that are irregular for negative tú commands
  are also irregular for both affirmative and
  negative Ud. and Uds. commands.
• dar ? (no) dé/den ir ? (no) vaya/vayan
• estar ? (no) esté/estén ser ? (no) sea/sean
• -car (c?qu) tocar (no) toque/toquen
• -gar (g?gu) pagar (no) pague/paguen
• -zar (z?c) empezar (no) empiece/empiecen