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As it was taught in the first lesson about Commands in Spanish a
special type of mood is used when ordering or telling someone an
order. This special type of mood is called Imperative form or
commands and basically it is used to strongly influence the
listener’s behavior or action. Read the examples below.
Examples:
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Maneje
Ud el coche (Drive the car!)
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Compren Uds el coche (Buy the car!)
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Abre
Ud la botella (Open the bottle!)
In the first lesson you learned how to use Commands in affirmative
sentences for the persons Ud and Uds. In this lesson you’ll
learn how to conjugate the Imperative Mood for the person Tú.
It is very easy and simple to form sentences in the imperative form for
the person Tú. The commands for the person Tú have the
same conjugation used for the third person singular in the
simple present. Study the chart below:
Verbs ending in ar:
|
Third Person Singular – Simple Present |
Informal You |
Command – for person Tú |
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Ud maneja el coche (You-formal – drive the
car) |
Tú |
Maneja el coche (You informal – Drive the
car!) |
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Ud compra el coche (You formal – buy the car) |
Tú |
Compra el coche (You informal – Buy the car!) |
Verbs ending in er:
|
Third Person Singular– Simple Present |
Informal You |
Command – for persons Tú |
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Ud escoje el libro ( You formal – choose the
book) |
Tú |
Escoje el libro (You informal – Choose the
book!) |
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Ud come el postre (You formal – eat the
desert) |
Tú |
Come el postre (You informal – Eat the
desert!) |
Verbs ending in ir:
|
Third Person Singular– Simple Present |
Informal You |
Command – for persons Tú |
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Ud abre la botella (You formal – open the
bottle) |
Tú |
Abre la botella (You informal – Open the
bottle!) |
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Ud escribe la carta (You formal – write the
letter) |
Tú |
Escribe la carta (You informal – Write the
letter!) |
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