Formal Commands & Personal reccomendations

Impersonal Expressions (GENERAL recommendations)

- Es + adjective que persona + subjunctive verb

- Es importante que tú descanses

- for general recs

Personal Recommendation (talking directly TO someone)

- indirect object proud (te/le/nos) + reccomendation verb + que + subjunctive verb

- Te recomiendo que descanses

personal recommendation (talking ABOUT someone)

- Persona 1 + recommendation verb + que + persona 2 + subjunctive verb

- Mi madre quiere que yo vaya al médico

formal commands (usted/ustedes) accent rule

- when attaching pronouns to affirmative commands add an accent if the word is 3+ syllables

- tome+los = tómelos

cuando usas te

used for tú (informal you)

- I recommend TO YOU that __ → te recomiendo que

- It’s important that you do __ for YOURSELF → es importante que te + verb

I recommend to you that you rest =

Te recomiendo que descanses

It is important that you put ice on yourself

Es importante que te pongas hielo

cuando usas le

used for usted (forma “you”") el (he) or ella (she) to mean to/for him her or fomal you

- someone recommends to you __

The doctor recommends to him/her/you to exercise =

la doctora le recomienda que haga ejercicio

I sent the X-ray to kim

Le envié la radiografía a Kim

““Vi a Miguel y a Kim ayer” becomes…

LOS vi ayer (I saw them yesterday)

“Compré los medicamentos” becomes…

LOS compré (I bought them)