Mandatos Formales e Informales

To create formal and negative informal (tú) commands the first step is...

• drop the -o

• add the opposite ending

• go to the yo form

To create formal and negative informal (tú) commands the second step is...

• drop the -o

• add the opposite ending

• go to the yo form

To create formal and negative informal (tú) commands the third step is...

• drop the -o

• add the opposite ending

• go to the yo form

An example of why you must go to the "yo" form first is...

• ponga, pongan, no pongas

• coma, coman, no comas

• hable, hablen, no hables

• viva, vivan, no vivas

In order to form an affirmative tú command, telling someone "Do", you use...

• the tú form.

• the nosotros form.

• the él, ella, usted form.

• the ellos, ellas, ustedes form.

Ponga la mesa.

• Uds. affirmative command

• Ud. affirmative command

• tú affirmative command

• tú negative command

Pon la mesa.

• Uds. affirmative command

• Ud. affirmative command

• tú affirmative command

• tú negative command

No pongas la mesa.

• Uds. affirmative command

• Ud. affirmative command

• tú affirmative command

• tú negative command

Decoren la sala.

• Uds. affirmative command

• Ud. affirmative command

• tú affirmative command

• tú negative command

Decora la sala.

• Uds. affirmative command

• Ud. affirmative command

• tú affirmative command

• tú negative command