1. Los Mandatos Formales Singular
To tell someone you address as USTED to do something
Plural
To tell a group you address as USTEDES to do something

2. Regulares y Singulares
-AR Verbs
– DROP the o in the YO form
Add –e (the opposite usted form)
Comprar
compro – compre (Buy)
Hablar
hablo – No hable (Don’t talk)
-ER/IR Verbs
–DROP the o in the YO form
Add a –a (the opposite usted form)
Comer
como – No coma (Don’t Eat)
Abrir
abro – abra (Open)

4. Regulares y Plurales -AR Verbs – DROP the o in the YO form
Add –en (the opposite ustedes form)
Caminar
camino – caminen (Walk)
Doblar
doblo – No doblen (Don’t Turn)
-ER/IR Verbs
– DROP the o in the YO form
Add –an (the opposite ustedes form)
Escribir
escribo – escriban (Write)
Ver
veo – No vean (Don’t watch)

6. Irregulares Follow the same rules for the endings
Changes are in the stem
-car, -gar, -zar, ger, and –guir
(Same changes as in the preterit tense!)
Sacar – Saque (Take out)
Llegar – No lleguen (Don’t arrive)
Empezar – Empiece (Start)
Recoger – Recojan (Pick up)
Seguir – Siga (Keep going/Follow)

8. Irregulares Cont. Usted Dar – dé (Give) Ser – sea (Be) Ir – vaya (Go)
Ustedes
Dar – den (Give)
Ser – sean (Be)
Ir – vayan (Go)

10. Otras Cosas Sigan derecho hasta la esquina.
Formal commands are often used to give directions
Sigan derecho hasta la esquina.
Keep going straight to the corner.
Direct object pronouns, indirect object pronouns and reflexive pronouns are still attached to the affirmative command
Command + IDOP/DOP/reflexive
Add YOUR accent mark! (Second to last syllable of verb by itself)
Cómala (Eat it!)
Escríbame (Write to me.)

12. Otras cosas más..
Direct object pronouns, indirect object pronouns, and reflexive pronouns are still placed before the negative command
No + IDOP/DOP/reflexive + Command
No me escriba. (Don’t write to me!)
No la coma. (Don’t eat it!)

13. Repaso: 1. When do you attach a pronoun?
2. List 3 irregular command forms.
3. How do you form the affirmative Ud. Command?
4. When do you put the pronoun first?
5. What happens with –car,-gar,-zar verbs?
6. How do you form the negative Uds. command?