1. Buen Viaje Nivel 2 Los mandatos/imperativos formales

2. Los imperativos Command forms of verbs are used to tell someone what to do. In Spanish, there are formal commands (Ud., Uds.) and informal (tú) commands.

3. Los imperativos formales (regulares) To form the Ud. and Uds. command forms: Take the present tense “yo” form Drop the –o ending Add one of the following endings: -ar verbs-er/-ir verbs Usted (Ud.)-e-a Ustedes (Uds.)-en-an

4. Los imperativos formales (regulares) Verbs with irregularities in the “yo” form (stem-changes, -go verbs, irregular “yo” forms) have that same irregularity in the formal command forms. -Ar verbs ending in –gar, -car and –zar will have the same spelling changes in the command form that they have in the preterite tense “yo” form. (Ej: llegar → llegue/lleguen, buscar → busque/busquen) Note that the formal command forms use the vowel opposite that which is usually associated with the conjugation. To make a formal command negative, place “no” before the verb. If you choose to use the subject pronoun Ud. or Uds. with the command form, place the pronoun after the command.

5. Ejemplos You guys walk, don’t run. Caminen (Uds.), no corran.

6. Ejemplos Open the door, don’t close the window. (Ud.) Abra (Ud.) la puerta, no cierre la ventana.

7. Ejemplos You guys do the homework, don’t go out. Hagan (Uds.) la tarea, no salgan.

8. Los irregulares There are only five verbs that are irregular in the formal command form. Ud. commandUds. command dar estar ir saber ser déden estéestén vayavayan sepasepan seasean

9. Ejemplos You guys be smart, don’t be stupid. Sean inteligentes, no sean estúpidos.

10. Ejemplos Give expensive presents, don’t give cheap presents. (Ud.) Dé regalos caros, no dé regalos baratos.

11. Imperativos formales con pronombres Indirect and direct object pronouns must be attached to the end of positive commands. When adding one pronoun, accent the 3 rd to last vowel. When adding two pronouns, accent the 4 th to last vowel. Por ejemplo: Lave los platos. Lávelos.

12. Imperativos formales con pronombres Indirect and direct object pronouns must precede negative commands. Por ejemplo: No lave los platos. No los lave.