Commands and Requests

Different verb forms are used for positive and negative familiar commands in Spanish.

If you want to tell someone what to do, in Spanish you use the imperative mood. Here is an explanation of how imperative verbs are used.

Although the imperative mood is frequently used to tell or ask people to do something, other verb forms also are used, often because they seem more polite.

Spanish has at least two ways in which you can make commands or suggestions to a group that includes yourself.