Los mandatos!

How to tell someone nicely what to do & where to

go ;-)

Whos the Boss?

Lets think about a command for a moment. If it:
Is a directive from one person to another, then,
Who is telling whom what to do?
Who gives you commands (who tells you what to do?)

PARENTS (always > dont hit your sister!

TEACHERS (almost always dont forget Fridays test!
Bosses, coaches, traffic signs! Run that drill again! No U turn!
Friends and family Call me later! Get out of my way!

In Spanish then, who will be the potential command-ers?

T
Usted
Ustedes
Nosotros (yes, even we can make a command, when we say lets do it!

paso a paso. los formatos de los

mandatos
T afirmativo
The t affirmative
command is f..c.i.l.
Simply go to the 3rd person
singular of the verbs
conjugation!
1. Hablar > habla!
2. Comer > come!
3. Escribir > escribe!
Of COURSE there are
irregulars, see the slide a
la derecha. >

T mandato, de forma
irregular
i. Venir:
ii. Decir:
iii. Salir:
iv. Hacer:
v. Tener:
vi. Ir: ve
vii. Poner:
viii. Ser:

ven
di
sal
haz
ten
pon

s (there always
has to be ONE in the
group with an accent ;-)

Los mandatos irregulares de tfcil de

recordar!
T irregulars have a
simple expression that if
you follow you can never
forget them

Ven DiSal Haz Ten VePon,

S

When you convert to a

dicho: Vin Diesel Has Ten
Weapons, eh??? (stupid
humor works!)

T negative commands
I know, its awkward
changing format from
affirmative to negative,
but..whatever

T affirmative commands
(Do something!)

Format:
Go to third person singular
or

One of 8 irregular (vin

diesel has ten weapons,
eh?)

T negative commands
Format:
Go to yo conjugation
Drop the o
Add the opposite ending
(for an ar verb, that means
efor an er/ir verb that
means a)
Plus s for t!

T commands with pronouns

AFFirmative
ATTach
ACCent
Bebe la leche.
Bbela
Come las verduras
Cmelas

NEGative
PROnoun
PREcedes
No bebas la leche
No la bebas
No comas las verduras
No las comas

paso a paso, los formatos de los

mandatos (continuado!) usted and
ustedes ahora
USTED y USTEDES
commands are the exact
same format (yay!)
1. Go to yo
2. Drop the o
3. Add the opposite ending
(-ar verbs is e, -er/-ir
verbs is a)
4. Plus n if your subject is
Uds.
a. Hablar> hable! hablen!
b. Comer> Coma! Coman!
c. Escribir>Escriba!
Escriban!

OJO!!! Be very careful

with these commands, if
your yo form of the
original verb is quirky
so will your command be:
a. Tener> tengo>teng>tenga!
b. Pensar>pienso>piens>piense!
c. Conducir>conduzco>con
duzc->conduzca!
d. Proteger>protejo>protej>proteja!

paso a paso, los formatos de los

mandatos! (nosotros ahora)
Nosotros has the exact
same command format as
Ud./Uds.

Go to yo
Drop the o
Add opposite ending
+-mos (for nosotros)
1. Hablar>hablemos!
2. Comer>comamos!
3. Escribir>escribamos!

But, reflexives get tricky..

When you work with REFLEXIVE nosotros

commands:

Follow format at left

Drop s in mos
Add nos
Accent 3 vowels back
1. Baarse>bamonos!
2. Cepillarse>cepillmonos!
3. Acostarse>acostmonos!*
(only ir stem changing verbs will take HALF a stem change in
the nosotros command)
4. Dormirse>Durmmonos!

TIP to help with affirmative reflexive nosotros =

. Afirmative, Attach, Accent

Paso a paso, los formatos de los

mandatos! (nosotros continuadoya!)
Peinarse:
REFLEXIVE, NOSOTROS,
NEGATIVE (ay ay ay!):

If in the affirmative
nosotros reflexive
commands we:
Affirmative, attach, accent

In the NEGATIVE nosotros

reflexive commands:
Pronoun precedes!
Compare the formats to
both affirmative and
negative nosotros

Peinmonos / no no
peinemos

Vestirse:
Vistmonos / no nos
vistamos

Dormirse
Durmmonos / no nos
durmamos

Arreglarse
Arreglmonos / no nos
arreglemos
(phew.. :)