Mandatos afirmativos formales

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• Mandatos afirmativos formales

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Mandatos afirmativos formales

• When you tell someone to do something you are
  using an affirmative command.
• In Spanish, when you tell a person (someone who
  is not a friend nor family member) or a group of
  people to do something, you are using an
  affirmative formal command.
• For example Professor, please, help me with the
  homework
• Or Hey girls, tell me the answers to number
  six, please.

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• Forming the command

• The affirmative formal command form for regular
  and stem change verbs is created from the yo
  form of the present tense verb. Simply,
  conjugate the verb in the yo form, drop the o,
  and add the verbs opposite ending (ar have er
  endings, er/ir have ar endings).

Yo vengo ? vengo ? veng_ ? Ud. Venga
Uds. Vengan
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• I am answering the phone
• Yo contesto el teléfono.
• Dr. Sánchez, answer the phone!
• Dr. Sánchez, conteste el teléfono!
• I open the door.
• Yo abro la puerta.
• Martín y Miguel, open the door !
• Martín y Miguel, abran la puerta.

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• I am coming back early
• Yo vuelvo temprano.
• Children, come back early!
• Chicos, vuelvan temprano !
• All stem change verbs keep their stem change in
  the command form.

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• S salir salga, salgan
• H hacer haga, hagan
• I ir vaya, vayan
• P poner ponga, pongan
• S saber sepa, sepan
• D decir diga, digan
• V venir venga, vengan
• T tener tenga, tengan
• Ssersea, sean

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Obviously, there are irregular command forms.
But, are they that irregular?
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Write the following commands that you might hear
in class.

• Professor, write your name on the board.
• Escriba su nombre en la pizarra.
• Class, do exercise 16.
• Clase, hagan ejercicio 16.
• Professor, repeat the answer.
• Profesor, repita la respuesta, por favor.
• Professor, speak more slowly.
• Profesor, hable más despacio, por favor.
• Take out your books.
• Saquen sus libros.

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If you could, what commands would you give your
boss?

• Cut the grass. (cortar)
• Corte el césped.
• Sweep the hallway. (Barrer)
• Barra el pasillo.
• Plug in the electric cord. (Enchufar)
• Enchufe el cordón eléctrico.
• Unplug the vacuum. (Desenchufar)
• Desenchufe la aspiradora.
• Clean the room.
• Limpie el cuarto.

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Write some commands you might give to your
friends.

• Buy me lunch.
• Cómprenme el almuerzo.
• Look for my books.
• Busquen mis libros.
• Tell the truth.
• Digan la verdad.
• Tell a joke.
• Cuenten un chiste.
• Come back later.
• Vuelvan más tarde.

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What might you tell the cleaning lady?

• Wash my clothes.
• Lave mi ropa.
• Run the vacuum in my room. (pasar)
• Pase la aspiradora en mi dormitorio.
• Make the bed.
• Haga la cama.
• Set the table. (poner)
• Ponga la mesa.
• Go to the supermarket.
• Vaya al supermercado.