2. Formal Commands in Spanish Mandatos formales en español

3. Mandatos formales In Spanish there are special verb forms used when one gives a “command!”. For example in English we use: Leave now! Talk! Close the door! Do your homework!

4. Mandatos formales In Spanish however, we have to modify the command (s) according to who we are talking to. For this lesson we will only use 2 nd person form, singular and plural.

5. Mandatos formales We apply the conjugation rules according to the kind of verb being used for the command. Affirmatives will not contain “no” in a command. To make it a negative command just add “No” first and follow the proper grammatical structure of the verb to be used.

6. Examples Affirmative commands: Take!  ¡tome (n)! Go!  ¡vaya (n)! Write!  ¡escriba (n)! Negative commands just add no before the verb: ¡No tome (n)! ¡No vaya (n)! ¡No escriba (n)!