Avancemos 3 – Unidad 2 Lección 1 Other command forms Avancemos 3 – Unidad 2 Lección 1

Command forms: Stop! (command in English) = in Spanish In English, commands almost always stay the same. Stop! is Stop! regardless of who you are speaking to. In English when you include yourself in a group (we), you simply add “let’s” in front of the verb to form the command: In Spanish, there are more variations of the command form. In this PowerPoint, we will look at the usted/ustedes/nosotros command forms: Example: Stop! (command in English) = in Spanish ¡Para! (tú command) ¡Pare! (usted command) ¡Paren! (ustedes command) BUT ¡Paremos! = Let’s stop! (nosotros command)

Otros mandatos: So far we have learned how to construct affirmative and negative commands with “tú” We also need to know the command forms used with “usted”/ “ustedes” and “nosotros”. The good news is – once you know how to conjugate a negative tú command, usted, ustedes, and nosotros commands are easy!! You follow the same 3 step process as for negative tú commands but use a different opposite ending 

Usted and ustedes commands: The 3 step process: 1. Go to the YO form 2. Drop the o 3. Add the opposite ending (For AR verbs either e (usted) or en (ustedes) (For ER/IR verbs either a (usted) or an (ustedes) Example 1: Tirar Yo tiro ¡(No) tire! ¡(No) tiren! Example 2: Comer Yo como ¡(No) coma! ¡(No) coman!

Nosotros commands The 3 step process: 1. Go to the YO form 2. Drop the o 3. Add the opposite ending (For AR verbs use emos) (For ER/IR verbs use amos) Example 1: Tirar Yo tiro ¡(No) tiremos! Example 2: Comer Yo como ¡(No) comamos! *******To make any of these commands (usted, ustedes, nosotros) negative, you simply add a NO in front of the command. YOU DON’T HAVE TO CHANGE ANYTHING ELSE. The nosotros command translates as “Let’s…..” In English

SIDES – Irregular Tú commands As with tú commands, the same irregulars apply here. If there is an irregular “yo” form, the usted/ustedes/nosotros commands will also be irregular: We also see the same irregular SIDES verbs: S – ser – sea/sean/seamos I – ir – vaya/vayan/vamos BUT** no vayamos D – dar – dé/den/demos E – estar - esté/estén/estemos S – sepa/sepan/sepamos ** exception – To say “Let’s go”, use “¡Vamos!” BUT To say “Let’s not go”, use “vayamos”

CAR/GAR/ZAR verbs As with the negative tú commands, verbs that end in CAR/GAR/ZAR will require a spelling change in the usted/ustedes/nosotros commands (c-qu, g-gu, z-c): Buscar: Yo busco - ¡busque!/¡busquen!/¡busquemos! Organizar: Yo organizo - ¡organice!/¡organicen!/¡organicemos! Jugar: Yo juego - ¡juegue!/¡jueguen!/¡juguemos!

Una práctica Don’t delegate (Uds.) Give (Ud.) Be nice (Uds.) Let’s go Don’t play (Uds.) Start (Ud.) Take out (Uds.) Let’s not change ¡No deleguen¡ ¡Dé! ¡Sean amables! ¡Vamos! ¡No jueguen! ¡Empiece! ¡Saquen! ¡No cambiemos!