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Spanish for Beginners: Lesson 25 – The Imperative
In Episode 25 of 'Spanish for Beginners,' we delve into the imperative mood, focusing on how to give direct commands in Spanish. This lesson emphasizes the importance of confidence and conti...
Spanish for Beginners: Lesson 25 – The Imperative
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Episode 25. A call to action. The imperative.
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Cessi, dimme algo inspiracional.
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Railan, where are your manners?
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Lo siento, lo siento.
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Dime algo inspiracional, por favor?
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Déjame ver.
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Cessi, algo inspiracional?
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Imagina que yo soy una persona que acaba de terminar este curso.
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¿Qué me dirías?
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Oh, I see. Here's what I would say to you.
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Hemos llegado al final, pero no es motivo de tristeza.
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Se orgulloso de lo que ya has logrado.
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Ten confianza y continúa tu camino.
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That's great, Cessi.
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Unlike other courses, this final episode is not about looking back, but ahead.
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Now that you are up to speed, don't stop.
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Keep moving forward.
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That means you're in great shape.
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Estás listo para el próximo paso.
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Pero seguramente estás pensando, ¿qué es el próximo paso?
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Yo tengo algunas sugerencias.
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No, no.
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órdenes para continuar la aventura del español.
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órdenes.
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Comer?
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That doesn't sound very friendly.
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Oh, wait a minute.
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Sí, orgulloso.
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Ten confianza.
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continúa tu camino.
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Are you trying to teach the imperative another lesson?
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Para el año, you know I just couldn't end this course
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without squeezing in one more lesson.
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I should have guessed.
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Okay, so the imperative.
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Por favor, áu la mé del imperativo.
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Con placer.
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The imperative is used to tell someone to do something
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in a way that is stronger and more direct than making a suggestion.
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Yes, telling people what to do.
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And just like in English, the subject is implied and not explicitly mentioned.
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So when I just said,
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áu la mé del imperativo, you knew I was talking to you.
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Yes.
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And specifically, because you and I have an informal relationship
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and we talk to each other using tu.
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These are tu commands.
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Tu commands are different from usted and other commands.
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For today, let's focus only on tu commands.
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Shall we?
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Is that an order?
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Bueno, ahora que sabemos, cuando se usa el imperativo, dime cómo se forma.
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As we just said, we're looking at tu commands.
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Simply use the present tense, usted, form of any regular verb, and drop the subject.
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Usa la forma usted de un verbo regular en el presente y descarta el sujeto.
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Mira eso.
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Usaste dos imperativos.
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Usa y descarta.
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So the regular verbs are super simple.
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But what about those irregular tu commands?
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Well, there are only eight of them.
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And all of them are just one syllable.
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Ser, poner, tener, salir, venir, ir, decir, and hacer.
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Ser, poner, tener, sal, ven, v, di, and ass.
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Ser, poner, tener, sal, ven, bé, di, and ass.
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This concludes the free portion of our program.
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For the complete audio of today's program, please go to news in slowspanish.com.