Ud. Commands This is going to be fun! (not really)
Ud. Commands u To give an affirmative or negative command in the Ud. form, first use the present tense yo form as the stem and conjugate just as you did for negative tú commands.
Ud. Commands u Next, drop the -s. u Luckily, affirmative and negative usted commands have the exact same conjugation. u Ex: *Negative tú command = No conduzcas drop the –s u *Affirmative Ud. Command = Conduzca u *Negative Ud. Command = No conduzca
MORE EXAMPLES Ex: *Negative tú command = No vuelvas drop the –s *Affirmative Ud. Command = Vuelva *Negative Ud. Command = No vuelva Ex: *Negative tú command = No quepas drop the –s *Affirmative Ud. Command = Quepa *Negative Ud. Command = No quepa
Ud. Commands u Buscar - Negative tú command? u No busques u Ud. command? u Busque / No busque
Ud. Commands u Hacer - Negative tú command? u No hagas u Ud. command? u Haga / No haga
Ud. Commands u Dar - Negative tú command? u No des u Ud. command? u Dé / No dé (accent is added to not be confused with the word “de” which means “from” or “of”).
Ud. Commands u Ir - Negative tú command? u No vayas u Ud. command? u Vaya / No vaya
Ud. Commands u Ser - Negative tú command? u No seas u Ud. command? u Sea / No sea