Ud/Uds CommandsUd/Uds Commands

What are they?What are they?

Ud and Uds commands are formal Ud and Uds commands are formal commandscommands

Examples: Examples: Mr. Waters, wear your IDMr. Waters, wear your ID Teachers, don’t yell at studentsTeachers, don’t yell at students

How to form themHow to form them

Put the verb in the yo form and drop the Put the verb in the yo form and drop the o just like we did for negative tu o just like we did for negative tu commandscommands

Add Add ee or or enen for AR verbs for AR verbs Add Add aa or or anan for ER and IR verbs for ER and IR verbs

Cortar = corto = cort = SeCortar = corto = cort = Seññor, or, cortecorte el el papelpapel

Servir = sirvo = sirv = SeServir = sirvo = sirv = Seññoritas, oritas, sirvansirvan la la ensalada ensalada

To make them negative, add To make them negative, add nono No corteNo corte No sirvanNo sirvan

Attaching PronounsAttaching Pronouns

Attach DOPs to theAttach DOPs to the end end of an of an affirmativeaffirmative commandcommand Poner la mesaPoner la mesa

Pongala / PonganlaPongala / Ponganla

With With negativenegative commands, put the commands, put the pronoun right pronoun right before the commandbefore the command No la ponga / No la ponganNo la ponga / No la pongan

Tricky CommandsTricky Commands

Neg. Tu ComNeg. Tu Com Ud. CommandUd. Command Uds. CommandUds. Command

No busquesNo busques (no) busque(no) busque (no) busquen(no) busquen

No hagasNo hagas (no) haga(no) haga (no) hagan(no) hagan

No desNo des (no) d(no) déé (no) den(no) den

No vayasNo vayas (no) vaya(no) vaya (no) vayan(no) vayan

No seasNo seas (no) sea(no) sea (no) sean(no) sean