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Commands and Commands and Pronoun PlacementPronoun Placement
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¡No lo digas! = Don’t say it!¡No se lo digas! = Don’t tell it to him!¡No me la traiga! = Don’t bring it to me!¡No nos acostemos! = Let’s not go to bed!
Ejemplos:
Pronouns (direct, indirect, reflexive) are placed before before the verb in negative
commands.
Pronouns (direct, indirect, reflexive) are placed before before the verb in negative
commands.
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When attached, an accent mark is usually placed over the stressed syllable.
Object Pronouns follow affirmative commands and are attached to them.
Object Pronouns follow affirmative commands and are attached to them.
Ejemplo:
Otro ejemplo:
¡Váyanse Uds.! = Go away!
¡Quédense Uds.! = Stay!
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Ejemplos:
¡Dime! = (Tell me!) ¡Hazla! = (Do it!)
Exception:
When a single object pronoun is added to a one-syllable command
form, there is no accent mark.
When a single object pronoun is added to a one-syllable command
form, there is no accent mark.
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Y más ejemplos:
Cut them in slices!
Add it to the soft drink!
Put it on a plate!
Learn them by memory!
Buy them!
¡Córtelos en rebanadas! =
¡Agréguelo al refresco! =
¡Póngala en un plato! =
¡Apréndanlos de memoria! =
¡Cómprenlos! =
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nosnos – us
osos – you (familiar, plural - Spain)
loslos – them, you (masculine, plural)
laslas – them, you (feminine, plural)
meme – me
tete – you (familiar, singular)
lolo – him, it, you (formal, singular)
lala – her, it, you (formal, singular)
Remember the Direct Object Pronouns:
Remember the Direct Object Pronouns:
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nosnos – us
osos – you (familiar, plural, Spain)
lesles – them, you (plural)
meme – me
tete – you (familiar, singular)
lele – him/her, you (formal, singular)
Remember the Indirect Object Pronouns:
Remember the Indirect Object Pronouns:
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Remember: :
When the two pronouns are third-person, change the indirect object pronoun to “se.”
When there is a direct object pronoun and indirect object pronoun
in the same sentence, the indirect object goes in front of the direct object.
When there is a direct object pronoun and indirect object pronoun
in the same sentence, the indirect object goes in front of the direct object.
Mándeselo.Mándeselo.= (Send it to her.)
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¡Lávese! = Wash yourself!¡Desayúnate! = Eat breakfast!
¡Levántense! = Get up! (Stand up!)¡Siéntense! = Sit down!
Reflexive Pronouns:Reflexive Pronouns:me noste osse se
Ejemplos con los reflexivos:
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sentarse → ¡Sentémonos!
lavarse → ¡Lavémonos!
secarse → ¡Sequémonos!
Ejemplos:
In affirmative “nosotros/as” commands with reflexive verbs, drop the “s” of the
conjugated verb before adding “nos.”
In affirmative “nosotros/as” commands with reflexive verbs, drop the “s” of the
conjugated verb before adding “nos.”
Note:
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¡Hazlo!
¡No lo hagas!
¡Tráigamelo!
¡No me lo traiga!
¡Córtelos!
¡Tráigaselos!
Do it!
Don’t do it!
Bring it to me!
Don’t bring it to me!
Cut them!
Bring them to him!
Check Your Knowledge!Check Your Knowledge!
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Credits
©2010 Teacher’s DiscoveryWritten by: Jami Sipe
Additional Information by: Suzanne Rutkowski
Adriana Miretti
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