Mandatos #2. Tú commands used when telling a friend what to do or giving a friend advice. Give me some money, please. Come to my party. Break up with.

mandatos #2

Tú commands

• used when telling a friend what to do or giving a friend advice.

Give me some money, please.Come to my party.Break up with him!Go with me to the office.Don’t call me—I won’t be home.

Formation

• just like the 3rd form PRESENT TENSE with an affirmative command:

Come PidePractica DaJuega EstudiaVuelve Empieza

Irregulars (one syllable)

• ven come!• di tell!• sal leave!• haz do! make!• ten have!• ve go!• pon put!• sé be!

Watch the negatives, though!

• They are subjunctive forms! As in…

don’t drink ¡no bebas!don’t play ¡no juegues!don’t put ¡no pongas!don’t look for ¡no busques!don’t give ¡no des!

with reflexive verbs…

• like: ducharse, lavarse, levantarse, quitarse• attach the TE when affirmative (and accent)• DON’T attach when negative

• Levántate No te levantes• Dúchate No te duches• Quítate… No te quites..

Más..

• with direct object pronouns (D.O.P.)• me me• te you (who? / what?)• lo him, it• la her, it• nos us• los them• las them

OR

• Indirect object pronouns (I.O.P.)• me to me, for me• te to you, for you• le to him, for him to her, for her• nos to us, for us• les to them, for them

with the pronouns, attach if positive, DON’T if negative

• don’t sing to me!• ¡No me cante! (Ud.)• ¡No me cantes! (Tú)• ¡No me canten! (Uds.)

what about 2 pronouns?

• As in:• give it to me!• tell them to us!• sing it to her!• don’t do it for me!• don’t show them to them!• don’t write them to him!

2 rules to know

• 1) attach when affirmative/ don’t attach if negative

• 2) “people before things” (I.O.P. before the D.O.P.)

• here we go for examples & instruction

• send the paper to me.• send it to me. mandar= send

• mándemelo (Ud.)• mándenmelo (Uds.)• mándamelo (tú)

• don’t send it to me

• no me lo mande (Ud.)• no me lo manden (Uds.)• no me lo mandes (tú)

• put the boots on!• put them on! (ponerse)

• póngaselas (Ud.)• pónganselas (Uds.)• póntelas (tú)

• don’t put them on!

no se las ponga (Ud.)no se las pongan (Uds.)no te las pongas (tú)

What happens when both the pronouns begin with “L”?

• when both the I.O.P. and the D.O.P. begin with the letter “L”, the one referring to PEOPLE changes to “SE”

• and this can happen in any kind of command

• write the letter to her write it to her it= la to her= le

escríbesela (tú)escríbasela (Ud.)escríbansela (Uds.)

• don’t write the letter to her• don’t write it to her. it= la to her =le

• no se la escribas (tú)• no se la escriba (Ud.)• no se la escriban (Uds.)

• save the paper for them• save it for them it=lo for them= les

• guárdaselo (tú)• guárdeselo (Ud.)• guárdenselo (Uds.)

• don’t save the paper for them• don’t save it for them. it=lo for them

=les

• no se lo guardes (tú)• no se lo guarde (Ud.)• no se lo guarden (Uds.)