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Command forms in Spanish may be challenging because they differ depending on five possible intervening factors:

�whether the command is given informally (with "tú") or formally (with "usted")
�whether the command is negative or positive
�whether the command is given to one person or many people
�whether the verb is reflexive
�whether there are direct or indirect object pronouns
Each of these five factors can be mixed together to create a wide variety of possibilities.

DIRECT COMMANDS
Positive formal commands.
To form postive formal commands, start with the form of the verb that goes with the pronoun "yo" (e.g., abro, muevo, vengo, etc.). Then take the "-o" off of that verb ending. If the verb is an AR verb, replace the "-o" with "-e" If the verb is an ER or IR verb, replace the "-o" with "-a" If the command is given to more than one person, the endings are "-en" and "-an" respectively. If the verb is reflexive, put the reflexive pronoun "se" after the verb form. If there are object pronouns (it, them) put them after the verb too. The following examples help to clarify.

Examples:

INFINITIVE-•➤ -•➤-•➤-•➤ "YO" FORM -•➤SINGULAR -•➤PLURAL
acostarse -•"to lie down" -•➤ me acuesto-•➤ acuéstese-•➤ acuéstense
calmarse-• "to be calm"-•➤ me calmo-•➤ cálmese-•➤ cálmense
escribir-• "to write'-•➤ escribo-•➤ escriba -•➤ escriban
explicar-• "to explain'-•➤ explico-•➤ explique -•➤ expliquen
sentarse-• "to sit down'-•➤ me siento-•➤ siéntese-•➤ siéntense
Note: There are some irregular forms as well because the "yo" form does not end in an "-o" as follows:

dar "to give" doy dé dén
estar "to be" estoy esté estén
irse "to go away" voy váyase váyanse
saber "to know" sé sepa sepan
ser "to be" soy sea sean

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