1. Page 123 – Chapter 3 Realidades 3
Ud. and Uds. Commands
Page 123 – Chapter 3 Realidades 3

2. Ud. and Uds. Commands
To give an affirmative or negative command in the Ud. or Uds. form, use the present-tense yo form as the stem just as you did for negative tú commands.

3. Ud. and Uds. Commands Add -e or -en for -ar verbs. Cortar Corto
Señor, corte las chuletas de cerdo.

4. Ud. and Uds. Commands Add -e or -en for -ar verbs. Probar Pruebo
Señores, prueben la carne asada.

5. Ud. and Uds. Commands
Affirmative and negative Ud. and Uds. commands have the same spelling changes and irregular forms as negative tú commands.

6. Ud. and Uds. Commands
The same rules you know for tú commands regarding pronouns apply to Ud. and Uds. as well.

7. Ud. and Uds. Commands Attach pronouns to affirmative commands.
¿Dónde ponemos la leña?
Pónganla en un lugar seco.

8. Ud. and Uds. Commands
With negative commands, pronouns go right before the verb.
¿Encendemos la fogata ahora?
No, no la enciendan todavía.

9. Ud. and Uds. Commands Add -a or -an for -er and -ir verbs. Perder
Pierdo
No pierdan Uds. los fósforos.

10. Ud. and Uds. Commands Add -a or -an for -er and -ir verbs. Servir
Sirvo
Señorita, sirva la ensalada.

11. Ud. and Uds. Commands Buscar - Negative tú command? No busques
Ud. command?
No busque
Uds. command?
No busquen

12. Ud. and Uds. Commands Hacer - Negative tú command? No hagas
Ud. command?
No haga
Uds. command?
No hagan

13. Ud. and Uds. Commands Dar - Negative tú command? No des Ud. command?
No den

14. Ud. and Uds. Commands Ir - Negative tú command? No vayas Ud. command?
No vayan

15. Ud. and Uds. Commands Ser - Negative tú command? No seas Ud. command?
No sean