Regular verbs

To form the command, drop the -o of the first person present form (indicative mode) of the verb and add the following endings:

Verbs ending in -ar, such as cobrar/ to collect money:

Positive Imperative	Negative Imperative
cobr a (tú) cobr e (Ud.) cobr emos (nosotros) cobr ad (vosotros) cobr en (Uds., ellos)	no cobr es no cobr e no cobr emos no cobr éis n o cobr en

Verbs ending in -er and -ir, such as prender / to turn-on and escribir/ to write, have the same endings, except for vosotros.

IRREGULAR VERBS -COMMANDS

The same endings mentioned above are used for irregular verbs for the imperative form.

Infinitive	Tú	Ud., él	Nos.	Vos.	Uds., ellos
pensar / to think contar / to count conocer / to know poner /to put	piens a cuent a conoc e pon	piens e cuent e conozc a pong a	pens emos cont emos conozc amos pong amos	pens ad cont ad conoc ed pon ed	piens en cuent en conozc an pong an

IRREGULAR FORMS -COMMANDS

1. The following have irregular command forms for the pronoun tú:

Infinitive	Pos. Imper.	Neg. Imper.
Ser /to be Tener / to have Venir / to come Decir / to say Salir / to go out Hacer / to do Ir / to go Poner / to put	sé (tú) ten (tú) ven (tú) di (tú) sal (tú) haz (tú) ve (tú) pon (tú)	no seas no tengas no vengas no digas no salgas no hagas no vayas no pongas

2. The following verbs have irregular negative command forms:

Infinitive	Pos. Imper.	Neg. Imper.
Dar / to give Estar / to be Saber / to know	da (tú) está (tú) sabe (tú)	no des no estés no sepas

Although subject pronouns are rarely used with commands, they can be placed after the verb for emphasis or courtesy.

EXAMPLES:

Coman Uds. sin falta./ Remember to eat.

Firme Ud. aquí, por favor./ Please, sign here.

THE EXPRESSION LET'S...

1. This English expression is equivalent to the command form corresponding to nosotros.

EXAMPLES:

Abramos el vino./ Let's open the wine.

No tomemos tanto./ Let's not drink too much.

2. The expression let's can also be expressed using vamos a + infinitive.

EXAMPLES:

Vamos a abrir el vino./ Let's open the wine.

No vayamos a tomar tanto./ Let's not drink too much.

Expresiones Negativas y Afirmativas/ Negative and Affirmative Expressions

The most common way to make a sentence negative is to place no before the verb.

The English auxiliaries do and does are not used in Spanish.

EXAMPLES:

Juan abre una cuenta bancaria./ Juan opens a checking account.

Juan no abre la cuenta bancaria./ Juan does not open the checking account.

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