Read aloud each of the following examples.

Visita el parque nacional.

(Visit the national park.)

Ve la exposición en el Centro de Visitantes.

(See the exhibit in the Visitors' Center) Sube la montaña en tranvía.

(Go up the mountain in the tram.)

The usted and ustedes commands are based on the yo form of the simple present. Most of the irregular changes occur in this form, so they are incorporated into the commands. Remove the final -o from the yo conjugation and add the appropriate command ending as outlined in the following chart:

Regular Affirmative Usted and Ustedes Commands

The vosotros commands are based on the infinitive. Just delete the final r and add d.

Regular Affirmative Vosotros Commands

Affirmative Commands with Reflexive Verbs

When you make a tú, usted, or ustedes command with a reflexive verb, you attach the reflexive pronoun to the end of the command, making one word. When you do this, you generally have to add an accent mark to the vowel of the stressed syllable because you have changed the syllable count. The affirmative vosotros commands with reflexive verbs drop the -d of the command form when you add the pronoun -os. You will usually have to add an accent to the vosotros command forms as well. Look at these examples: