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Spanish Grammar - Commands

To form familiar commands, regular -ar verbs end in -a, and -er and -ir verbs end in -e for the tú form.
Change the final -r to -d for the vosotros form. Negative familiar commands use the subjunctive
forms, so -ar verbs end in -es and -éis, while -er and -ir verbs end in -as and -áis for the tú and
vosotros forms.





vosotros
Affirmative
ar -er or -ir

a -e
ad -ed
Negative
-ar -er or -ir

-es -as
-éis -áis

Habla! = Speak! (tú form)
Comed! = Eat! (vosotros form)
No comáis! = Don't eat! (negative vosotros form)

Irregular Familiar Commands:

decir
hacer
ir
irse
poner
salir
ser
tener
venir

di
haz
ve
vete
pon
sal

ten
ven
decid
haced
id
idos
poned
salid
sed
tened
venid

To form formal commands of verbs, drop the -o ending of the yo form, and add the opposite vowel
ending. This means -ar verbs will add -e for the Usted form and -en for the Ustedes form; while -er
and -ir verbs will add -a for Usted and -an for Ustedes. To make a command negative, just add no
before it.

Beba! = Drink! (Usted form)
Coman! = Eat (Ustedes form)
No beban! = Don't drink! (negative Ustedes form)

Ir and ser have irregular forms as formal commands: vaya and vayan for ir and sea and sean for ser.
Verbs that end in -car, -gar and -zar have the following changes in commands as well: c becomes qu,
g becomes gu, and z becomes c.

 

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