How to Make Commands in Spanish | The Language Tutor *Lesson 54*

Hey guys!! In this episode you will learn to tell someone what to do as well as what not to do.
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[@winterwolf0100]

For the irregulars, my profesora has always said “Ven-di-sal haz ten vé-pon-sé” like Ven Diesel has ten weapons. It’s helped me remember!

[@Epic-Poetry]

Thanks for the tip, thats easy to remember

[@enessuataslan5542]

Thank you for sharing 🙏🏻🙏🏻 very creative tip🙏🏻🌸

[@floresamor4146]

This is amazing!

[@kaialangaker5855]

thank you for this !!!!

[@meyceessshh]

Thanks for the tip 🫡

[@claudiaenlightened3672]

Vin Diesel Has Ten Weapons, Ay (ven, di, sal, haz, ten, ve, pon, sé)

[@Travel-Wise]

Brilliant mnemonics! Thank you.

[@momouwu1937]

lol XD

[@MahoneyBadger]

You’re a hero

[@SirBuffton]

KZbin needs a superduper like button.

[@gemmarhind5640]

Hahahahahahaha absolutely brilliant!

[@bethbailey6497]

Struggling to become fluent Spanish, but you have made some things very clear. I work in a Spanish Immersion classroom (first grade), but am not required to know Spanish. I know basic things and say as much as I know how to say. This is really helping me with some things I have struggled with and so much makes sense. I still overthink everything, so I will need to absorb this several times. Thank you for making these videos. I am enjoying them.

[@TheLanguageTutor]

Keep at it Beth!! You'll see the progression.

[@brunomanuelsoaresdasilva2590]

Good luck to you in this journey!

[@loyceschoices8658]

Hope to HEAR progress

[@bonitadebasilan1852]

This was taught almost a week in the spanish school but I learned it for a few minutes only here, He is really the best ! Thank you so much

[@TheLanguageTutor]

Thank you so much!

[@moniqueefungg]

sameeee!!!

[@nolaonyt]

My experience also! I am grateful I discovered this video!!

[@hippos8640]

I used to not like spanish grammar because it was too much difficult and not easy to access, u made it so much easier and fun. I can't believe that now I´m enjoying learning Spanish! It's over 2am, still studying with your lessons. U are my herooooo.

[@TheLanguageTutor]

Keep up the hard work.

[@annaliang3961]

Hahah me too. I’m here for his class. Really immersed but still too difficult to me😅. One vedio I need to watch two or three times especially from this one.

[@hengthe]

It'd be dope to have a summary/review of everything at the end.

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Best Spanish grammar teacher on the internet. Keep it up.

[@TheLanguageTutor]

Thank you so much for your kind words! I really appreciate your support and I'm glad you find my videos helpful for learning Spanish grammar. Keep watching and learning!

[@danyaomalley4769]

I love your videos so much. I'm taking second year Spanish as a pandemic hobby and these videos are so clear, concise and helpful. Well done.

[@safarsarthak]

This is by far the most difficult topic for me on the spanish lesson.. first of all I am happy I am able to come sooo far in this journey on to the Lección 54. You explained this difficult topic in such an easy way sir.. you are one of the best spanish teachers on the internet.

[@pree9542]

You really made it so easy … I was so confused earlier… thanks

[@TECMOBOWLvsRBI]

Sweet! I knew of the endings changing from A to E for example but didn’t understand why. Negative commands is the reason why.

[@GreenCloud492]

Comprehensive. Muchos gracias! Yo siempre practicaré esta leccion.

[@fatimazz]

Lo siento, hay un error. Es "Muchas" gracias. No es "Muchos" gracias.

[@GreenCloud492]

@@fatimazz ¡Gracias! I need more practice🙂

[@kenswindle4860]

Great lesson! What about vosotros-commands?

[@Soldier-yu2ml]

Your videos help me pass my Spanish class...thanks!

[@TheLanguageTutor]

So glad that we could help!!

[@ayechanmay343]

the best Spanish teacher! Thank you so much

[@angietravels2]

Thanks danny. Excellent as usual

[@TheLanguageTutor]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@ritikaaa3762]

this cleared up so many doubts I had in mind omg thank you SO MUCHHH

[@Jack-kj1ep]

¿Cuándo podemos esperar las próximas partes de esta lección? Estamos haciendo esto en clase. Ayudanos por favor. Profesor Danny, lo explica muy bien. Muchas gracias

[@julianahope2389]

Learning Spanish is much more difficult to me. English is pretty simple. Anyway thanks again

[@TheLanguageTutor]

You can do it!

[@yannababi]

Hi! Love your videos and your teaching style! Will you do a video on se? There’s so many uses for “se”‘and i always get confused on why it’s placed everywhere

[@mvmcali6900]

Thanks for a great lesson

[@sunitanair39]

No one can teach as good as u sir

[@mathematix-rodcast]

As well as you. 😊

[@sagarkp1735]

Hey Dr Danny, why don't you start making some conversation videos in Spanish so that we can sharpen our listening skills. It would be really helpful.... That way we can internalize the language more easily.

[@believeinpeace]

Thanks!

[@TheLanguageTutor]

Thank you!!

[@mahirtek9498]

Why do we say traigamelo? el, ella, usted form of traer is trae. So is traiga what you get when you flip trae?

[@Macschilder]

I'm a super impatient person so it's not your fault, but I was dying through that 3 min intro lolll

[@sander8581]

Always got 1,5X speed on with this guy.

[@avispowell8713]

Gracias.

[@Adam-lw4xx]

Another good way to removed irregular tú commands is “Vin Diesel has ten weapons”, or “ven di sal haz ten vé pon sé”

[@janicebarrow6725]

Hello professor, How about the vosotros cammands. Thanks so much.

[@disculpa]

Wow I didn't realize commands were so complicated!

[@mathematix-rodcast]

There are command forms in every conjugation except the first person singular. So five conjugations and then their negative forms are still unique. So, there are ten command forms for every verb basically. Yeah, it is a crap ton of knowledge that you need to issue a command correctly in Spanish.

[@infrancopersonaltraining6231]

Do you have a video explaining when to use se, la le lo el ella

[@believeinpeace]

Absolutely excellent!

[@elizabethbittala2779]

Great video! This is so much more fun yo practice now that I have kids 🤣 Could someone explain to me please, why do you use " a los niños" instead of "para los niños" in your dulces ejemplo?

[@jedison3414]

I want to know, too, Elizabeth!!

[@anhxhuynh]

@@jedison3414 Same!!

[@mathematix-rodcast]

He used the plural indirect object pronoun. When we use le(s), there is the option of including a clarifying prepositional phrase that starts with a and ends with a noun or pronoun to emphasize who that indirect object is because le(s) is quite ambiguous. It means to him, to her to usted, to them and to ustedes. In this case, it means to them. Explain it to them (to the children = to the children). Good luck.

[@pralhadgangurde9718]

Pls make a video on sports

[@brendanireland1]

Brilliant lesson on the imperative!!

[@CHINOYako7]

Sir what video or lesson number the ALL purely about how to talk " formal in Spanish lesson"? thanks a lot Profe Danny.

[@pkknowledgehubpk8893]

You speak english very perfect and clear although you know spanish also . Otherwise the Spanish to Tutor have a very distinctive english accent . In that case you have to learn tutor's english accent before learning Spanish...

[@haidarsandouk1476]

what about the affirmative in plural form ? please make an episode about it as i am struggling with it

[@keenancovers]

my teacher said something about putting verbs in the yo form and then doing the endings like poner to pongo but i don’t know when to do it

[@annruel1982]

At 15:08 whatvare saying about when not to use no and nunca? I am not clear on whar rule tyou were trying to state... also, thanks so much for these lessons

[@englishandspanishteaching]

Gracias

[@megster0424]

thank you this helped!!

[@mohammedelserafy5665]

I want to know why we put se in the sentence (nunca se los compres) ? Please answer 🙏🙏

[@qka6869]

thanks for your lessons! but I don't understand, in the sentence ''nunca les compres dulces a los niños'' why do I need LES, if I already have ''a los ninos''?

[@lorenzotomass397]

easy way to remember the irregular ones is to say Vin diesel has ten weapons ay (with a funny accent)

[@TheLanguageTutor]

I love it! That's great!

[@nodirarakhmonkulova6904]

what about vosotros forms? does it exist?

[@arusikhovsepyan2916]

Love from Armenia 🫶❤️ thanks for the lessons

[@AD-rp8ub]

I’m stucked in command 2 in Spanish Duolingo that’s why I’m here

[@Nier_altruist]

Just gon put myself a checkpoint real quick 10:06

[@brianryan4053]

You should start from usted form, then ustedes, and after this to teach tu form which is actually not needed

[@liinu01]

This is a great lesson, thank you!

[@aleksandra3045]

I also have one questions regarding the example: Nunca les compres dulces a los ninos. What is this "les" in the sentence? If anybody else knows the answer it would be very nice if you could let me know

[@aleksandra3045]

I guess "les" was suppose to refer to the children "for them"? But in the sentence there already is f"or the children"

[@reecewatson4779]

Nunca les compres dulces a los niños.. Why is this not, nunca les compres dulces POR los niños? My native English speaking brain wants to build the sentence with “por” instead of “a”. Can anybody point me towards a rule to correct me? Thank you! Great video!

[@pr3ttyWaHin3]

My brain bleeds 😖 necesito ver otra vez

[@gometsgo69]

Dr. Evans, in conversational Spanish, do you use tú commands or usted commands more? and do we also say "por favor" in the end to soften the tone? Thank you for another great episode. Will no doubt watch this one a few more times to completely absorb it!!

[@jim150]

Depende. En España es más común hablar de tú/vosotros. El usted es para hablar respetuosamente con gente mayor, por ejemplo. En América Latina normalmente se habla de usted/ustedes.

[@gometsgo69]

@@jim150 Gracias por su respuesta!

[@michellen2325]

Wow!!! A lot to learn. Spanish is not easy like English.

[@joshuajaquiery9485]

Does this go under a specific tense e.g. Imperative

[@tequiero4884]

The spanish is divided into moods (Indicativo, Imperativo, Subjuntivo) which are than further divided into tenses (e.g. Indicativo or Indicative mood is divided into present, past indefinitvo, past imperfecto, conditional and future tense. Hope you got the answer out of this :D

[@lapantera2022]

What is the difference i. Tráemelo and Tráigamelo???

[@poppingcherry851]

12:49 why do you have les there?

[@germanwithalinguist]

The "les" here is an indirect object (IO) pronoun, and it refers to "los niños". The Spanish indirect object pronoun has a tendancy to be redundant. Basically, when you specify an IO with "a + person/people", you [almost always, a few exceptions] must also include the IO pronoun, and this goes before the verb. Hope this helped!

[@believeinpeace]

I just watched this for the third time and realized I do not understand something. Let me say it and see if it is correct. In the formal, plural, and we form the positive the pronoun goes on the end of the verb. In the negative form it goes before the verb? Thank you for your answer.

[@johnmerriam7844]

For "Nunca les compres dulces a los niños", I thought les is our indirect object pronoun which would replace "los niños". Can anyone explain?

[@mathematix-rodcast]

It does replace really. The indirect object pronouns are always required but the clarifying prepositional phrase is optional for emphasis and to avoid confusion.

[@himanshubalyan9557]

everything was going smoothly until this lesson came up 😁😁

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IKR😂😂😂💔💔

[@caradavidson2983]

felt

[@89Dustdevil]

Just marry someone who speaks Spanish and you’ll figure this lesson out real quick.

[@AliciaMarkoe]

LOL

[@hollyxie4059]

why not use 3rd person singular form (compre)? could I say "Nunca compre los dulces para los niños" but 2nd person singluar is used (Nunca les compres dulces a los ninos).

[@nischit727]

Holly Xie to make commands the forms are flipped in spanish.

[@sovietunion6109]

Yo could say it in 3rd person but the sentence would change to "nunca le compre dulces a los niños" or "nunca compre dulces para los niños"

[@maddisonnaomi5946]

Yes. If you don't use "les", replace "a los niños" with "para los niños". Also, it's not necessary to use "los" in "los dulces", just say " dulces". "No compres dulces para los niños"

[@InfidelProductionz]

Anytime I incorrectly conjugate a verb, I'll pretend I was giving a command

[@uglyray2240]

Danny Evans is the undisputed champion Teacher of Spanish on the internet

[@TheLanguageTutor]

Muchas gracias!!!

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@@TheLanguageTutor , gracias

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Yes! I just recently found him and sooo glad I did!!

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@@KimberlyMcC69 ok?

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@Stamoulis Skampouras so who are the other two better than him? I don't think there is

[@naishalubega3756]

After 3-4 months of watching this...it all makes sense now🤣🤣guys don't give up Thank you 😊 Dr.Evans

[@iamthehalo]

I don't comment a lot, but this is literally the most clear video I found on this topic, I have my final exams tomorrow. Thank you so much.

[@TheLanguageTutor]

Good luck. We hope you did well!!

[@thom6746]

Very nice presentation. A relaxed teaching style. Thanks for helping me out.

[@eziola]

Is it a good rule of thumb to say that in command forms (all of tú, usted, affirmative, and negative) that all of them have "flipped endings" except the affirmative tú? Affirmative tú: El / Ella / Usted Not Flipped Ending Negative tú: Flipped Ending Affirmative usted: Flipped Ending Negative usted: Flipped Ending yeah?

[@nicole8840]

I am Chinese, am using my second language --English to learn Spanish, you make it so much easier for me to understand ! thank you ! keep it up !

[@leighcanham763]

Una lección excelente. Muchas gracias Profe. Después de 2 años de español todavía tengo problemas con los mandatos y el subjuntivo. Volveré a esta lección a menudo hasta que sea natural para mí.

[@teachershaghayegh5367]

Amazingly good lesson ,best teacher ever

[@TheLanguageTutor]

Wow, thanks!

[@malcolmz3626]

I don't understand why there is a "les" in the sentence "Nunca les compres dulces a los niños"

[@shawnhatch9577]

Dr, Evans, you have mentioned several times that there are great websites out there to practice and reinforce your Spanish video tutorials. Would you feel comfortable sharing to which websites you may be referring?

[@ShayeghehAshouri]

This is the only youtube tutor that I really believe in it... Thanks a lot

[@ahmadhasan6974]

I really did not understand "nunca se los compres" why we use los here and what is the difference between Traemelo and Traigamelo

[@jim150]

“Los” reemplaza el objeto del verbo. Por ejemplo, en “nunca se los compres” comprar what? “los dulces” La diferencia entre Traemelo y Tráigamelo es el tratamiento. Traemelo (tú) y Tráigamelo (usted).

[@lorenalori5990]

I dont get that SE

[@siday3388]

@@lorenalori5990 yeah me too!

[@damalidunbarr2237]

@@lorenalori5990 i think "se" has a lot of us upside down in this language

[@gerlautamr.656]

@@damalidunbarr2237 "Se" is maybe one of the hardest words to explain because it's used so much in many different contexts, but it certainly has a reason to be in every one of those situations, it's not arbitrary at all.

[@balcorn544]

For formal commands, I learned to put opposite vowels on the yo form of present tense. Ex. - traigo becomes traiga

[@quynhanhoanngoc2396]

I didn't really get the sentence "Nunca se los compres" at the words "se" and "los". 😢 What are the roles of them? Can you explain it again for me? Anyway, thank you so much for your great lessons. They help me a lot. 🌼

[@gerlautamr.656]

I think it would be better for you to learn this kind of phrases "as a whole", I mean, without wondering what the role of every word in a sentence is.Just notice patterns. We use "se" instead of the object pronoun "le" in this case only to sound more "harmonic" in Spanish.That's called "se pasivo".For Spanish speakers, "se los" sounds more natural than "le los". And "los" refers to "dulces", which is the plural of "dulce" (candy).

[@quynhanhoanngoc2396]

@@gerlautamr.656 Yeah, now I can understand it. Thank you so much ✨

[@ramonabehan4177]

Ending flipping?! Are you kidding me?! Oy vey, lol. Luckily I have the best teacher ever (D.E.) I’ll get it

[@samhayashi9801]

With the transition to online college Spanish being a rocky one for me, these videos are absolute lifesavers. Thank you, keep it up!

[@TheLanguageTutor]

Gracias! I'm so glad I can help you!

[@chriswesley594]

Well, the video is a thorough explanation of the "rules". but who do we file greavances with about this bizarre set of nonsense called Spanish? Hahahaha. I know English has its moments, but - jeez - who thought this stuff up?!?!?!

[@DaveW-zi2jv]

I know, I´ve been studying Spanish hard for 2 years and still can´t ever imagine being fluent! It´s the most difficult thing I´ve EVER done but I will not give up! It´s all SO overwhelming.

[@adieodds]

Thank you so much for making these videos. You show the world that it´s not necessary to spend long hours to master a topic/tense. And your videos are much more understandable than any other teachers. I take notes from your videos and create charts on excel, and use the words and tenses I learned from your lessons in "my diary" to practice them day by day. People! the best way to master a language is to use them in your daily conversations or writing your thoughts down. That way you learn how to use what you actually use. Best output to your input. Thanks again!

[@TM-xg4wm]

Living legend ! Saludos desde España

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Saludos desde Brasil!

[@orziqulovburhoniddin8564]

Why why it must be so complicated 😅😅😅😅

[@TheLanguageTutor]

Just keep practicing!

[@vikilu4695]

This video is everything! I struggled with this concept over and over and went searching for why I kept missing it in practice. Now I understand! Thank you Danny Evans!!!!

[@anar_shahverdiyev]

This is the most confusing part of the spanish I have ever face :D But you explained it in a plain way, thank you, el maestro!

[@TheLanguageTutor]

Thank you, glad the lessons was able to help you!!

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I'm new to your channel and a new subscriber. Thank you for your videos!

[@TheLanguageTutor]

Thank you for subscribing Sandi! Glad I'm able to help you

[@diamondscythe6838]

Ven DiSal Haz Ten VePonSe Vin Diesel has ten weapons To help learn the tu exeptions

[@briannwako5144]

Danny you forgot to include the irregular verbs (ser, ir, venir, tener, decir, poner, salir) in the "tu" negative form and in the usted form (both affirmative and negative).

[@colleen9436]

Danny, I love your lessons. I’m hoping you will help me with my question. In one of the examples you used tráigamelo as a formal command, meaning bring it to me. But I would have thought that it should have been tráemelo. Both seem to translate to the same meaning! So, I’m confused why you used the 1st person singular form of the verb, rather than the 3rd person singular. Thanks, Colleen

[@nikkildillon4354]

Same here...🤔

[@leiximona]

Same big question here.

[@rccantrell4436]

God, I sure wish I'd watched this video before I got to complicated commands on Duolingo! I was actually telling myself "Well, you're retired now & you can't afford to go to Spain so why bother?

[@geoffjenkins1487]

I use Duolingo for the daily discipline, Dr. D to explain the rules and give examples ,(as well as an extremely pleasant, positive teaching style) and Spanish Dictionary & Grammar (Collins) for detailed references. I'm 74 years old and need all the help I can get!!

[@veraalexeeva7392]

What about VOSOTROS? (you, students)?

[@believeinpeace]

Thanks!

[@TheLanguageTutor]

Thank as always!!

[@craigbratten3453]

Should the irregular informal command ir-vé have an accent or should it simply be ir-ve without an accent on the e?

[@mathematix-rodcast]

Yeah, I was wondering if anyone was going to ask this question. The irregular informal commands are monosyllabic (one syllable). So there are no other syllables to emphasize. So the accent is pointless and unused unless there is another monosyllabic word spelled identically. In the case of a monosyllabic word spelled identically, one of the two words will take an accent as an orthographic (spelling) convention to distinguish the one monosyllabic from the other. In the case of sé versus se, se always takes the accent when it is a verb as in so lo sé or Sé sincero. www.wordreference.com/conj/ESverbs.aspx?v=ir The link to WordReference's verb index is posted above and will open to the verb ir. Ve does not take an accent. The verb ver has a conjugation of ve too and its command is also ve as the affirmative informal command, which is identical in spelling to the informal affirmative ir command but paradoxically and unexpectedly, neither one is accentuated. www.wordreference.com/conj/ESverbs.aspx?v=ver. So, this is the exception to the rule but to answer your question simply, no, ve never takes an accent whether it is an affirmative command of the verbs ir or ver. So, in this case, it was a typographic error in his video. It happens and good catch on your part.. Good luck on your language learning journey! Enjoy the ride! It is a great language.

[@AiNguyen-uq9du]

Thanks Dr. Evans for taking time to make these helpful videos. Your lessons are very clear and concise.

[@staceywimberley2739]

I'm so glad you recommend to watch this several times and break it into parts. Wow, lots to take in. But, as always you do such an amazing job! Your videos are my number one resource in between my weekly tutoring session. you are helping me look good para mi maestra!

[@C.B21]

Found u recently and you have been such a help for me learning the tenses I have saved so much time and worry thank you so much I owe you one

[@spartansai1107]

Never buy candy for the children :(

[@imadfettache8770]

Hello sir, This lesson is quite hard indeed. It will give me a lot of things to work on. Thank you.

[@TheLanguageTutor]

You're right about that! You have to learn the different sets one at a time. It would be nice if they just all followed the same rules.

[@imadfettache8770]

@@TheLanguageTutor In matter of two weeks, i think i managed to understand it. I simply learnt the subjective and the imperativo negativo came out easier.