Ud. and Uds. commands

Ud. and Uds. commands What are they? We use Ud and Uds commands (formal) when we want to tell someone what (or what not) to do Remember the Ud is the formal you that we use with older people, ones we don’t know, or people who should be shown respect. Uds is used for the plural you – a group of people. Everyone take out your book (uds) Jorge and Susana, don’t use red ink. Sit down, Mr. Lopez (Ud) Don’t worry, Ms. Martinez.

Ud and Uds commands How do we conjugate them? 1 – conjugate to the Yo (#1) form in the present tense Poner = pongo 2- Drop the “O” Pong 3-Flip flop the ending -er and –ir verbs get A or AN and –ar verbs get E or EN Poner = ponga for Ud. and pongan for Uds. Simply put “No” in front of the verb when it’s a negative command No pongan = don’t put

Ud and Uds commands Are there irregulars? Of course! Spell changes Verbs that end in –gar G changes to GU  pague verbs that end in –car C changes to QU  saque Verbs that end in –zar Z changes to C  empiece - verbs that end in –ger or –gir G changes to J  recoja -verbs that end in –guir Drop the U  seguir = siga Totally irregular ir = vaya Saber = sepa Ser = sea

Ud and Uds commands What do I do with reflexives? Positive commands Attach the reflexive pronoun “se” to the end of the command Bañarse = báñese Irse = váyanse Notice that these require you to add an accent. Cover up the reflexive and go back 2 vowels. Negative commands Put the “se” between the no and the verb No se bañe No se vayan

Ud and Uds commands Other object pronouns Negative Commands Positive Commands Just add the pronoun(s) to the end and add necessary accents. Hágalo Llámeme Démelos Notice both DO and IO here DOP Me nos Te Lo, la los, las IOP Le les Negative Commands Put the pronoun(s) between the NO and the verb No lo haga No me llame No me los de * Remember that only criminals “le lo” and only Eric Clapton sings “le la” so you will need to change to “se” when both start with L.