Ud. and Uds. Commands page 259 Avancemos 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. Then drop the “o” and add the following endings.
Ud. and Uds. Commands Add -e or -en for -ar verbs. Probar Pruebo (stem change) Señor, pruebe el té. Señores, prueben el té.
Ud. and Uds. Commands Add -a or -an for –er/-ir verbs. Comer Como Señor, coma la merienda. Señores, coman la merienda.
Ud. and Uds. Commands Add -a or -an for –er/-ir verbs. Añadir Añado Señor, añada la sal. Señores, añadan la sal.
Ud. and Uds. Commands Add “no” before the verb to make commands negative. Señor, no añada más sal. Sir, don´t add more salt.
Ud. and Uds. Commands Add -a or -an for -er and -ir verbs. Perder Pierdo No pierdan Uds. los platos.
Ud. and Uds. Commands Add -a or -an for -er and -ir verbs. Servir Sirvo Señorita, sirva la ensalada.
Ud. and Uds. Commands Buscar – c > qu Negative Ud. command? No busque Negative Uds. command? No busquen
Ud. and Uds. Commands Pagar – g > gu Negative Ud. command? No pague Negative Uds. command? No paguen
Ud. and Uds. Commands Empezar – z > c Negative Ud. command? No empiece Negative Uds. command? No empiecen
Ud. and Uds. Commands Hacer – Yo form? No hago Negative Ud. command? No haga Negative Uds. command? No hagan
Ud. and Uds. Commands Decir – Yo form? No digo Negative Ud. command? No diga Negative Uds. command? No digan
Ud. and Uds. Commands Conocer – Yo form? No conozco Negative Ud. command? No conocza Negative Uds. command? No conozcan
Ud. and Uds. Commands Tener – Yo form? No tengo Negative Ud. command? No tenga Negative Uds. command? No tengan
Ud. and Uds. Commands Salir – Yo form? No salgo Negative Ud. command? No salga Negative Uds. command? No salgan
Ud. and Uds. Commands There are 5 irregular Ud./Uds. command forms: dar, estar, ir, saber, ser
Ud. and Uds. Commands Dar Ud. – dé Uds. – den Estar Ud. – esté Uds. - estén Ir Ud. – vaya Uds. – vayan Saber Ud. – sepa Uds. – sepan
Ud. and Uds. Commands Ser Ud. – sea Uds. – sean
Ud. and Uds. Commands Go to the kitchen. Vaya a la cocina. Don´t be sad. No estén tristes.