1. Formal Commands
Vistas 12.2

2. Formal Commands There are two kinds of formal commands:
Ud. Commands are used towards a single person in a formal tone.
Sra. Guzmán, explíqueme la tarea, por favor.
Uds. Commands are used towards a group of people.
Pablo y Roberto, entréguenme los libros, por favor.

3. Regular Verbs All Formal Commands are formed in the same way.
Verbos Regulares:
Conjugate in the yo form
Drop the “o”
Add the opposite ending
ar verbs use “e” for Ud. “en” for Uds.
er/ir verbs use “a” for Ud. “an” for Uds.

4. Examples of Regular Formal commands
Bailar :
Baile, Ud. / Bailen, Uds.
No baile, Ud. / No bailen, Uds.
Leer:
Lea, Ud. / Lean, Uds.
No lea, Ud. / No lean, Uds.

5. Spelling changes Verbs that end in: car will now end in que/n
as in “marcar” - No marque el libro.
gar will now end in gue/n
as in “llegar” – No llegue tarde.
zar will now end in ce/n
as in “cruzar” – No cruce la calle

6. Don’t forget the GO verbs
To Go you need “GAS”
Decir – (No) diga/n
Salir - (No) salga/n
Poner - (No) ponga/n
Venir - (No) venga/n
Hacer - (No) haga/n
Tener - (No) tenga/n

7. Irregular Verbs Verbos Irregulares DAR : (No) de/n ESTAR: (No) esté/n
SABER: (No) sepa/n
SER: (No) sea/n
IR: (No) vaya/n

8. Pronoun placement AFFIRMATIVE COMMANDS
Place pronouns AFTER the command
Estudiantes, entréguenmela. (la tarea)
NEGATIVE COMMANDS
Place pronoun BEFORE the command
Estudiantes, no me la entreguen ahora. (la tarea)