Spanish: An Essential Grammar

vivir viví vive

dormir dormí duerme

seguir seguí sigue

tener tené ten

decir decí di

acostarse acostáte acuéstate

María, vení lo más pronto María, come as soon as you can.

posible.[LA]

Convertíte en estrella.[LA] Turn yourself into a star.

Casáte con él. [LA] Marry him.

Hacé click sobre el ícono. Click on the icon.

[LA]

Ingresá tu usuario y clave. Enter your username and

[LA] password.

Sentáte y calláte.[LA] Sit down and be quiet.

Commands which use the present subjunctive

The appropriate singular and plural forms of the present subjunctive are

required for allcommands addressed to ustedand ustedes, for all negative

commands, and for 3rd personcommands after que. The 1st person plural

of the present subjunctive is used to convey commands that in English take

the form ‘let’s do’.

Commands addressed to usted and ustedes

The 3rd person of the present subjunctive is required in the polite mode of

speech using ustedand ustedes, and in Latin America where ustedes

replaces vosotros [SP] in familiar speech.

In these constructions the subject pronoun may be added after the verb for

emphasis:

Dígame lo que quiere hacer. Tell me what you want to do.

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Commands

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present

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