Ud/Uds Commands
What are they? Ud and Uds commands are formal commands Examples: Mr. Waters, wear your ID Teachers, don’t yell at students
How to form them Put the verb in the yo form and drop the o just like we did for negative tu commands Add e or en for AR verbs Add a or an for ER and IR verbs
Cortar = corto = cort = Señor, corte el papel Servir = sirvo = sirv = Señoritas, sirvan la ensalada To make them negative, add no No corte No sirvan
Attaching Pronouns Attach DOPs to the end of an affirmative command Poner la mesa Pongala / Ponganla With negative commands, put the pronoun right before the command No la ponga / No la pongan
Tricky Commands Neg. Tu Com Ud. Command Uds. Command No busques (no) busque (no) busquen No hagas (no) haga (no) hagan No des (no) dé (no) den No vayas (no) vaya (no) vayan No seas (no) sea (no) sean