¡Levántate ahora mismo!
Get up right now! ("you" singular informal)
¡Ponte la camiseta!
Put your T-shirt on! ("you" singular informal)
¡Siéntese en el sofá!
Sit down on the sofa! ("you" singular formal)
¡Córtense el pelo en mi peluquería!
Have your hair cut at my hairdresser's! ("you" plural formal)
2. The affirmative command of the 2nd person plural (vosotros/vosotras) loses the -d of the commanding verb when the verb is reflexive.
Exception:
Note that verb ir (to go) has two different forms for the affirmative command of the 2nd person plural (vosotros/vosotras):
When conjugating verbs with reflexive pronouns in El Imperativo you will often need to add an accent [ ´ ] in accordance with the Spanish rules for written accents.
¡Levántate ahora mismo!
Get up right now! ("you" singular informal)
¡Vayámonos a la playa!
Let's go to the beach!
¡Duchaos con agua fría!
Have a shower with cold water! ("you" plural informal)
¡Ponte la camiseta!
Put your T-shirt on! ("you" singular informal)
¡Levantémonos temprano!
Let's get up early!
¡Siéntese en el sofá!
Sit down on the sofa! ("you" singular formal)
¡Lavaos el pelo!
Wash your hair! ("you" plural informal)
¡Córtense el pelo en mi peluquería!
Have your hair cut at my hairdresser's! ("you" plural formal)
I had to use process of elimination to get the right answer - I couldn't see anywhere it references positively that you sometimes have to change the verb ending to que to go from se acerca to acérquese?
Do you have something to help with that?
Thank you!
Hola Stuart
We do have a lesson on -car verbs in the present subjunctive (change the -c for -qu).
Acérquese is one of these cases (acercar).
You are using a formal command, therefore the present subjunctive is needed. (plus a reflexive pronoun se, as it is used in its pronominal form)
Here is the lesson.
I hope it helps
Inma
I had to use process of elimination to get the right answer - I couldn't see anywhere it references positively that you sometimes have to change the verb ending to que to go from se acerca to acérquese?
Do you have something to help with that?
Thank you!
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Hola Andy
There are two questions related to this lesson which are using the verb "irse" in the imperative. These two sentences are:
¡Vayámonos de aquí!
(Let's get out of here!
This is conjugating irse in the nosotros form of the imperative (for nosotros it is the present subjunctive form), and has the pronoun nos attached.
¡Vayánse de aquí!
(Let's get out of here!
This is conjugating irse in the ustedes form of the imperative (for ustedes it is the present subjunctive form), and has the pronoun se attached.
I hope this helps,
Saludos
Inma
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My understanding was that the accent falls on the penultimate syllable unless another syllable is accented. Given that where does the accent fall on “peinar”? Is it not split into pe in ar?
Hola Johan
We have no lessons testing where to accentuate a word yet. However we have information about the different types of words depending on where they are stressed. Here is the information:
The word "peinar" has two syllables: pei-nar (vowels e and i are forming a diphthong making them stay in the same syllable). The stress is on the last syllable (on the -a) but it does not have a written accent because for that, it should end on a vowel or an -n or -s)
We will soon have more information in the system about diphthongs and hiatuses.
I hope this helps.
Inma
My understanding was that the accent falls on the penultimate syllable unless another syllable is accented. Given that where does the accent fall on “peinar”? Is it not split into pe in ar?
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