8 · imperativo

commands · "do it!" · Hypothetical timeline · Level B

PASTPRESENTFUTUREsame formsHYPOTHETICAL TIMELINE1adid1bwas /used to2had3have4do5-ing6agoing to6bwill7would8do it!9wish

Telling someone to do something: come, wait, speak slower. It has not happened yet; you are making it happen. It is a different kind of sentence, so the builder gives it its own frame: Tell someone.

Examples

Careful

The polite command (usted) and every 'don't' command borrow their forms from slot 9. Learn one and you have most of the other.

On the site

Tap 8 on the When strip and the builder switches to the Tell someone frame: pick an Action, choose tú or usted, and switch 'don't' on or off.

Practice 8 in Build