2-3.2 Exprésate II - Capítulo 3 - Gramática 2 - Mandatos formales - formal commands - ECB - 062012

Mandatos formales - Afirmativos y negativos
Formal commands = Usted or Ustedes - affirmative and negative
Use the "Yo" form in Present tense. Switch to the opposite ending
-ar verbs: Hablar = hablo = hable/hablen.
-er & -ir verbs: Beber = bebo = beba/beban
Exceptions are: haya, vaya, sea, sepa, de, este
haber, ir , ser, saber, dar, estar


To tell someone you address as USTED/USTEDES to do something, use formal commands.




To form them do the following:
You take the present tense YO form and replace the final "O" of the YO form with an "E/EN" for -AR verbs and "A/AN" for -ER and -IR verbs.
Example: Hablar = hablo = hable/hablen
Tener = tengo = tenga/tengan
Escribir = escribo = escriba/escriban