⇒ Nosotros commands are used by a speaker to suggest an action be performed by a group of people he or she belongs to.
⇒ There are two types of nosotros commands in Spanish:
⇒ There are many different types of Spanish commands, including affirmative tú commands, negative tú commands, indirect commands, formal commands, and nosotros commands.
⇒ We'll focus on nosotros commands in these notes. ¡Empecemos! (Let's get started!)
⇒ To form nosotros commands with the subjunctive, simply use the nosotros form of the present subjunctive.
| Trabajemos juntos.Let’s work together. |
| Comamos aquí.Let’s eat here. |
| Leamos los periódicos.Let’s read the newspapers. |
| Vamos al restaurante.Let’s go to the restaurant. |
⇒ The present indicative form of the verb ir is used instead of the present subjunctive for affirmative commands.
⇒ To make this common command form, you simply use the phrase vamos a plus any infinitive verb.
| Vamos a ir a la playa.Let’s go to the beach. |
| ¡Vamos a divertirnos!Let’s have some fun! |
| Vamos a nadar.Let’s go swim. |
⇒ To form negative nosotros commands, you simply put no or another negative word in the front of the affirmative command.
| No nademos.Let’s not swim. |
| No salgamos.Let’s not leave. |
| Nunca vayamos allí.Let’s never go there. |
⇒ You do use the present subjunctive form of the verb ir for negative commands.
⇒ Drop the final -s from the verb.
⇒ Attach the pronoun to the end of the subjunctive command form
⇒ Write an accent on the second-to last-syllable of the verb.
| Formula | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Sentemos + nos | Sentémonos aquí. | Let’s sit here. |
| Hagamos + se + la | Hagámosela | Let’s make it for her. |
| Vamos + nos | ¡Vámonos! | Let’s go! |
| Despertémonos temprano.Let's get up early. |
| Vámonos de la casa en cinco minutos.Let’s leave the house in five minutes. |
⇒ Attach the pronoun to the end of the infinitive form.
| Vamos a sentarnos aquí.Let’s sit here. |
| Vamos a dormirnos.Let’s go to sleep. |
⇒ This one's easy! You just put the reflexive, object, or indirect object pronoun between the negative word and before the verb. That's it!
| No lo comamos.Let’s not eat it. |
| No se lo demos.Let’s not give it to them. |