1. mandatos #2

2. Tú commands used when telling a friend what to do or
giving a friend advice.
Give me some money, please.
Come to my party.
Break up with him!
Go with me to the office.
Don’t call me—I won’t be home.

3. Formation
just like the 3rd form PRESENT TENSE with an affirmative command:
Come Pide
Practica Da
Juega Estudia
Vuelve Empieza

4. Irregulars (one syllable)
ven come!
di tell!
sal leave!
haz do! make!
ten have!
ve go!
pon put!
sé be!

5. Watch the negatives, though!
They are subjunctive forms! As in…
don’t drink ¡no bebas!
don’t play ¡no juegues!
don’t put ¡no pongas!
don’t look for ¡no busques!
don’t give ¡no des!

6. with reflexive verbs… like: ducharse, lavarse, levantarse, quitarse
attach the TE when affirmative (and accent)
DON’T attach when negative
Levántate No te levantes
Dúchate No te duches
Quítate… No te quites..

7. Más.. with direct object pronouns (D.O.P.) me me te you (who? / what?)
lo him, it
la her, it
nos us
los them
las them

8. OR Indirect object pronouns (I.O.P.) me to me, for me
te to you, for you
le to him, for him to her, for her
nos to us, for us
les to them, for them

9. with the pronouns, attach if positive, DON’T if negative
AND this rule works w/ Ud., Uds., or tú commands
Sing to me! ¡Cánteme! ¡Cántame! ¡Cántenme!
(Ud) (Tú) (Uds.)

10. don’t sing to me!
¡No me cante! (Ud.)
¡No me cantes! (Tú)
¡No me canten! (Uds.)

11. what about 2 pronouns? As in: give it to me! tell them to us!
sing it to her!
don’t do it for me!
don’t show them to them!
don’t write them to him!

12. 2 rules to know 1) attach when affirmative/ don’t attach if negative
2) “people before things” (I.O.P. before the D.O.P.)
here we go for examples & instruction

13. send the paper to me.
send it to me. mandar= send
mándemelo (Ud.)
mándenmelo (Uds.)
mándamelo (tú)

14. don’t send it to me
no me lo mande (Ud.)
no me lo manden (Uds.)
no me lo mandes (tú)

15. put the boots on!
put them on! (ponerse)
póngaselas (Ud.)
pónganselas (Uds.)
póntelas (tú)

16. don’t put them on!
no se las ponga (Ud.)
no se las pongan (Uds.)
no te las pongas (tú)

17. What happens when both the pronouns begin with “L”?
when both the I.O.P. and the D.O.P. begin with the letter “L”, the one referring to PEOPLE changes to “SE”
and this can happen in any kind of command

18. write the letter to her
write it to her it= la to her= le
escríbesela (tú)
escríbasela (Ud.)
escríbansela (Uds.)

19. don’t write the letter to her
don’t write it to her. it= la to her =le
no se la escribas (tú)
no se la escriba (Ud.)
no se la escriban (Uds.)

20. save the paper for them
save it for them it=lo for them= les
guárdaselo (tú)
guárdeselo (Ud.)
guárdenselo (Uds.)

21. don’t save the paper for them
don’t save it for them. it=lo for them =les
no se lo guardes (tú)
no se lo guarde (Ud.)
no se lo guarden (Uds.)