L 2.14 Formal Commands in the Restaurant Hoy aprenderás los mandados de formales en el restaurante, como Pase la sal y la pimienta. Pass the salt and pepper.Coma la ensalada con el aderezo italiano. Eat the salad with Italian dressing.Sirva el pan en una cesta. Serve the bread in a basket.Traiga la cuenta, por favor. Bring the check, please.Vale, vale, lo sé, quieres aprenderé los de restaurante. Y queires aprender mas los mandados y subjuntivos. ¿No? In this lesson, you get to practice not only how to ask things in a restaurant, but you also learn 2 new parts of the subjunctive, the "usted" and the "ustedes" forms, which also is el and ella forms, ellos and ellas forms. But we'll use only usted and ustedes subjects, since we're talking about the whole new kinds of commands. The formal commands: you will use this command to tell people to do things, but people you will normally address to as usted or ustedes. Why don't you take a look and see if you can recognize anything from the last lesson on negative Tú commands with little twist. Pase la sal y la pimienta. Pass the salt and the pepper.Coma la ensalada con el aderezo italiano. Eat the salad with Italian dressing.Sirva el pan en una cesta. Serve the bread in a basket.Traiga la cuenta, por favor. Bring the check, please.Let´s look the verbs again, this time with the infinitivos. pase - pasar coma - comer sirva - servir traiga - traer Rule: AR verbs use endings with Es in them. ER and IR verbs use endings with As in them. Subjunctive Stem: Remove the O from the 1st person singular indicative present. Then, add the ending. AR Usted Command: Add E to the subjunctive stem. ER and IR usted Commands, add A. Excercises: infinitive and 1st person singular are given, and make the sentence into Ud commands. Mirar - Miro Mire el menú para los platos del día. Look at the menu for the sepcials.Beber - Bebo Beba un café con ese pastel. Drink coffee with that cake.Traer - Traigo Traiga mostaza, ketchup y mayonesa con mi hamburguesa. Bring mustard, ketchup and mayonnaise with my hamburger.Sentarse - Me siento Siéntese en esta silla Sit in this chair.Pronous are attached to the end of affirmative commands. The plural form can´t be much easier. Since the vosotros form is only used in Spain. Learning Ustedes form is a good way to tell a group of people to do something. Now think back on all of your tenses, what letter do all ellos, ellas and ustedes form end in? The letter N. Just add an N to what you already know to from a usted command plural (ustedes). Add an N to the Usted coma¡mand to get the ustedes command. Beban el jugo de naranja. Es buenísimo aquí. drink the orange juice.Coman el bistec con papas. Eat the steak and potatos. Siéntense aquí. Es la mejor mesa en el restaurante. Infinitive: beber 1st person singular: bebo ustedes: beban (3rd person plural subjunctive)Infinitive: comer1st person singular: comoustedes: coman (3rd person plural subjunctive)Exercises:Pasar - Paso Pasen todos los platos aquí.Comer - Como Coman la sopa antes del plato principal.Servirse - Me sirvo Sírvanse algo de esta paella rica. Learn Spanish Vocabulary for Learn Spanish 2.14 - Formal Commands in the Restaurantla cesta de pan bread basketla curenta checkel aderezo salad dressingel ketchup ketchupla mayonesa mayonnaiseek menú menula mostaza mustardsiéntese sitel bistec steakbeba drinkcoma eatpase passbeban (you all) drinkcoman (you all) eatmiren (you all) looksiéntense (you all) sitmire looksirva servela sal saltla pimienta pepper
