IRREGULAR SINGULAR AND
FORMAL PLURAL
COMMANDS
INFINITVE
USTED
COMMAND
USTEDES
COMMAND
Dar
Dé Ud.
Den Uds.
Estar
Esté Ud.
Estén
Ir
Vaya Ud.
Vayan
Saber
Sepa Ud.
Sepan
Ser
Sea Ud.
Sean
NOSOTROS COMMANDS
• To suggest that others should do an activity with you, you could use
the nosotros commands.
• To form the nosotros command, substitute the –o of the present-tense
yo form of a verb with –emos for most –ar verbs, or –amos for –er/-ir
verbs.
• Keep the original stem when conjugating the verb to a nosotros
command
INFINITIVE
YO FORM
NOSOTROS COMMAND
Hablar
Hablo
Hablemos
Comer
Como
Comamos
Escribir
Escribo
Escribamos
Cerrar (ie)
Cierro
Cerremos
Volver (ue)
Vuelvo
Volvamos
Divertir (ie, i)
Divierto
divirtamos
NOSOTROS COMMANDS
CONTINUED
• Object and reflexive pronouns that follow
and are attached to affirmative nosotros/as
commands.
• Although, when combining a direct object
pronoun with the indirect object pronoun
se,and for reflexive verbs, drop the final
consonant –s before attaching the pronouns.
SABER AND CONOCER
• As you have probably already learned, ser and estar are
used in several different situations as “to be.” Saber and
conocer are used in the same way for “to know.”
• Saber is used when you talk about facts that someone
may know or not know.
• When saber is followed by an infinitive, it indicates that
someone knows how to do something.
• Conocer is used when you want to discuss whether or
not someone is familiar with people, places, or things.
• When you use conocer to refer to people, be sure to add
the personal a after the conjugated form of conocer.
SABER
sé
sabemos
Sabes
Sabéis
Sabe
saben
CONOCER
Conozco
Conocemos
Conoces
conocéis
Conoce
conocen
NEGATIVE COMMANDS
• To make an affirmative command negative,
just add a “no” before the verb.
• Ir has one exception for the nosotros/as
form: ¡Vamos  ¡No vayamos¡
• Maneje Ud.  No maneje Ud.
• Duerman Uds. No duerman Uds.
NEGATIVE COMMANDS CONTINUED
• The negative tú command also has an
exception. The negative tú command is
formed by adding an –s to the end of Ud.
and add “no” before the verb.
• When adding an object/reflexive pronouns
it must go before the verb instead of going
after the verb.