Topic 1 Formal Commands

Chapter 5

In Spanish,speakers use formal,(usted or ustedes), commands when addressing people to:

ask them to do something, and to give advice. Do not forget to add please.
Formal commands, both affirmative and negative, have the same forms as the third person singular.

A table that displays singular examples of formal commands, and the appropriate verb ending replacement.
SINGULAR
Hablar Por favor, (no) hable más despacio. Please, (do not) speak slower.
Comer Por favor, (no) coma la empanada. Please, (do not) eat the turnover.
Escribir Por favor, (no) escriba en español. Please, (do not) write in Spanish.

A table that displays plural examples of formal commands, and the appropriate verb ending replacement.
PLURAL
Hablar Por favor, (no) hablen más despacio. Please, (do not) speak slower.
Comer Por favor, (no) coman la empanada. Please, (do not) eat the turnover.
Escribir Por favor, (no) escriban en español. Please, (do not) write in Spanish.

A table that displays formal commands with the placement of usted or ustedes after the command.
Escriba usted la carta.	Escriban ustedes la carta.
Hable usted con la profesora.	Hablen ustedes con la profesora.
Cierre usted el libro.	Cierren ustedes el libro.

Verbs with irregular yo form conjugations, in the present tense, have the same irregular stems for the formal commands.

Some commonly used irregular commands are:

A nosotros command is when you suggest doing something with a group on which you are a part of, such as “let’s”.

A table that displays the subject pronoun Nosotros, and the proper ending to the command in which you are a part of the group being commanded, such as “let’s”.
Command	-ar	-er/-ir
Nosotros	-emos	-amos

Estudiemos juntos para el examen.

Let’s study together for the test.

Comamos pizza fría.

Let’s eat cold pizza.

Abramos la puerta lentamente.

Let’s open the door slowly.

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