Commands with pronouns

1. Los Mandatos Familiares
con Pronombres

2. commands with pronouns
 If a command is affirmative, the pronoun is attached to the end (any type of
pronoun – direct object pronoun, indirect object pronoun, reflexive pronoun).
 An accent mark is needed if the command is more than 2 syllables long.
 Most of the time it works to count back 3 vowels from the end of the word and
place the accent mark.
 ex.: Sing it (masc.)!  ¡Cántalo!
Take a bath!  ¡Báñate!
Buy the shirt for Mom!  ¡Cómprale la camisa!

3. commands with pronouns
 If a command is negative, the pronoun is sandwiched in between the “no” and the
verb.
 No accent mark is needed (unless the verb is irregular and requires one because of
that).
 ex.: Don’t sing it (masc.)!  ¡No lo cantes!
Don’t take a bath!  ¡No te bañes!
Don’t buy the shirt for Mom!  ¡No le compres la camisa!

4. direct object pronoun review
 To figure out what the direct object noun is in a sentence, ask the question “Who?”
or “What?” about the verb.
 Elena buys the shirt. What does Elena buy? The shirt, so the shirt is the direct object
noun in the sentence. We can replace “the shirt” with a direct object pronoun to shorten
the sentence.
 In a normal sentence (NOT a command), the DOP comes before the conjugated verb.
 The DOP’s are:
 ex. Elena buys it (the shirt).  Elena LA compra.
We take it (the test).  Nosotros LO tomamos.
me nos
te os
lo, la los, las

5. indirect object pronoun review
 To figure out what the indirect object noun is in a sentence, ask the question “to
whom/what?” or “for whom/what?” about the verb.
 Elena buys the shirt for mom. For whom does Elena buy the shirt? For mom, so “for mom”
is the indirect object noun in the sentence. We can replace “for mom” with a indirect
object pronoun to shorten the sentence.
 In a normal sentence (NOT a command), the IOP comes before the conjugated verb.
 The IOP’s are:
 ex. Elena buys the shirt for mom.  Elena LE compra la camisa.
We bring the cake to them.  Nosotros Les traemos el pastel.
me nos
te os
le les