El Imperativo ud uds nosotros

Las Formas de Ud., Uds., Nosotros-as

Commands are used to tell someone what todo – affirmative Commands are used to tell someone what notto do – negative *With these other subjects, there is nodifference in the conjugation betweenaffirmative and negative…*except IR.

These rules apply to Ud., Uds., and Nosotros:◦ Start with the Yo form, present indicative◦ Drop the Yo ending (o, oy)◦ Reverse the endings• Ar verbs will use –es as the new ending to the stem• Er/Ir verbs will use –as as the new ending to the stem• Hablar Hablo Habl hable, hablen, hablemos• Comer Como Com coma, coman, comamos• Decir Digo Dig diga, digan, digamos

Affirmative Ir Vamos Negative Ir No vayamos

If the verb has a stem-change in the yo form,you still include that stem-change in thecommands, except in Nosotros, unless…. Unless it is an –ir stem-changing verb, thenyou make a one-letter stem-change in thenosotros form.◦ Dormir durmamosPedir pidamos

Any spelling change will affect allconjugations, including nosotros and thenegative tú commands. Verbs ending in –car will change to qu◦ Sacar saque Verbs ending in –gar will change to gu◦ Llegar llegue Verbs ending in –zar will change to c◦ Organizar organice

Estar◦ esté, estén, estemos Ir◦ vaya, vayan, vamos, no vayamos Ser◦ sea, sean, seamos Dar◦ dé, den, demos