Apuntes

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Intensifiers and

usted(es) command forms

Usted/Ustedes commands

• The Factor

To tell someone respectfully to do or not to do something, use usted commands.

You form Usted commands with the yo form of verbs in the present tense. Drop the –o and add the following.

A®

e

a

E®/i®

Add no before the verb to make commands negative

• Irregular: • Verb-> Usted/Ustedes• Dar-> dé /den• Ir -> vaya /vayan• Saber -> sepa / sepan• Hacer-> haga/hagan• Estar -> esté / estén• Ser -> sea /sean

The definition:• -ísimo/-ísima/-ísimos/ísimas

attaches to adjectives to indicate an extreme degree of a quality: hermosísimo ‘very beautiful’ (hermoso ‘beautiful’)

• Intensifiers: To add emphasis to some adjectives, you can attach the ending ísimo/-ísima/-ísimos/ísimas. If the adjective ends in a vowel drop it before adding the ending.

• When the last consonant is a c, g, or z, spelling changes are required before adding –ísimo(a)(os)(as)

• Examples: • C->qu rico -> riquísimo g->gu largo -> larguísima

• z->c feliz -> felicísimos

Rules:

1. If the adjective ends in a vowel, drop it before adding the ending. – Dulce

• Las fresas son dulcísimas • (remember the ending matches the noun it’s modifying).

2. When the last consonant in the adjective is c, g, or z, spelling changes are required for pronunciation purposes before adding –ísimo (a, os, as)

C

G

Z

Dulcísimo

qu

gu

c

riquísimo

larguísma

felicísimas

Using the following adjectives