1. Los mandatos formales

2. Usted y Ustedes commands
When you tell others who are not friends or family what to do,
To give these commands,
use the present-tense yo form as the stem
Add –e or –en (-ar verbs)
Add –a or –an (-er/-ir verbs)

3. cortar corto corte/corten probar pruebo pruebe/prueben
Infinitive yo Usted/Ustedes
cortar corto corte/corten
probar pruebo pruebe/prueben
perder pierdo pierda/pierdan
servir sirvo sirva/sirvan

4. Affirmative and negative Ud. and Uds
Affirmative and negative Ud. and Uds. commands have the same spelling changes and irregular forms as negative tú commands
Neg. tú command
Ud. command
Uds. command
No busques
(no)busque
(no)busquen
No hagas
(no) hagan
(no) haga
No des
(no) dé
(no) den
(no) vaya
No vayas
(no) vayan
No seas
(no) sea
(no) sean

5. ¡No me diga! Use the same rules for tú commands…
-If you use a direct object pronoun with the affirmative command,
attach the pronoun to the command
Rafael y Eva, ¡pónganla en el escritorio! (la tarea)
-If you use a direct object pronoun with the negative command,
put the pronoun before the command
Sr. George, ¡no lo ponga en el escritorio! (el dinero)
-When a pronoun is added to a command of two or more syllables,
a written accent is needed over stressed vowel
María y Felipe, ayúdenme