Plural Command Forms in Spanish Vosotros


The plural commands forms in Spanish (Formas de comandos plurales en español) are composed of the pronoun Vosotros (mostly used in Spain) and the pronoun Nosotros.

Affirmative Commands with Vosotros

To form the affirmative plural command forms for the pronoun vosotros, drop the -r of the infinitive and add -d.

InfinitiveVosotros Affirmative CommandMeaning
BailarBailadto dance
BeberBebedto drink
ComerComedto eat
HuirHuidto flee
SaberSabedto know
Affirmative Commands with Vosotros

Examples:

Vosotros bailad muy bien.
You dance very well.

¡Chicos, bebed mucha agua!
Boys, drink plenty of water!

¡Niñas comed toda la paella!
Girls eat all the paella!

Negative Command Forms with Vosotros

To form the negative commands with vosotros pronoun, drop the -ar ending of the verb an add -éis and for verbs ending in -er and -ir add -áis.

InfinitiveVosotros Negative FormMeaning
PintarPintéisto paint
RemarReméisto row
BeberBebáisto drink
VenderVendáisto sell
RecibirRecibáisto receive
SalirSalgáisto go out
Negative Commands with Vosotros
  • To conjugate some regular, irregular and stem-changes verbs, use the yo form (minus the -o).
    For example:
    Conducir (to drive)
    (Yo) conduzco.
    Vosotros Conduzcáis.
  • The endings in -er and -ir have the same endings in the vosotros negative commands.
  • All forms of conjugations have an accent mark.

Examples:

No recibáis el correo.
Do not receive the mail.

No salgáis demasiado tarde.
Don’t go out too late.

¡No pintéis la pared!
Don’t paint the wall!

Irregular Forms of Vosotros Negative Commands

Some verbs have the same stem as the usted command in the vosotros negative command.

InfinitiveUsted CommandVosotros Negative CommandMeaning
Ir VayaVayáisto go
SaberSepaSepáisto know
SerSeaSeáisto be

Examples:
¡No vayáis ahora!
Don’t go now!

¡No seáis altanero!
Don’t be haughty!

Related Subjects:
Commands in Spanish
Commands Plural Forms with Vosotros
Commands Plural Forms with Nosotros
Imperatives in Spanish.

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