Question

How to write commands?

Let's watch a movie.

Let's sit down.

I don't really know what to do or how to approach it. Thanks for the help!

Answer 1

Whenever you want to say "let's...," you would say "vamos a..."
"Vamos a..." means "Let's..."

So, let's see a movie. "Vamos a ver una película." You get it?

You say "vamos a..." and then the infinitive verb. Ver.

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Now, we can say, "Let's sit down."

"Sentarse" means to sit down. It's a reflexive verb, because it ends in "se."

You can keep "sentar," but you have to change the "SE" ending into "NOS," because nos means "we," or "us." And we are trying to say, "Let US sit down."

SentarSE then becomes sentarNOS. It's still an infinitve. It just refers to "us" now.

So..."Let's sit down," translates as, "Vamos a sentarnos."

If you still have questions, please ask!

Answer 2

For the movie one, can you make una pelicula an object or do you have to keep it una pelicula?

Answer 3

Isn't una película already an object? Can you show me what you mean?

Answer 4

Like can you replace it with la or lo?

Answer 5

Oh! So if you say... "Vamos a verla," it's grammatically correct. It means, "Let's see it."

So, if I said to you, "Let's see it," I would already assume you know what IT is. If the other person already knows that you mean "movie" when you say "it," then yeah, you can say, "Vamos a verla."
"Let's see it."

Answer 6

Oh okay, thanks :)

Answer 7

You're welcome =)

Answer 8

That one was a really good answer :)
You can also say it in a different way, but I warn you it's a little bit more complex.
Instead of using the verb "vamos" (we go) you can change your verb into a compound of the affirmative imperative form of the verb, and a pronoun. We are working with first-person plural actions here so let's stick with that.

For Example: Let's watch a movie: "Veamos una película". Verb "ver" in it's first-person plural affirmative imperative form "Veamos". In this case you don't use the ending "nos" because of the direct object: "una película". "Nos" would indicate watching each other, while its absence means that the action is directed at something else (the direct object).

Ex2: "Let's sit down" : "Sentémonos". Verb "sentar" in its affirmative imperative form (Sentemos) + the ending "nos" because you are sitting yourselves, not making somebody else sit :). Also remember to eliminate the "s" from "sentemoS" when you add the pronoun "nos". In fact we can draw a rule out of it: pronouns act as direct objects (unless it is stated clearly in the sentence: "una película") will be attatched at the end of the affirmative imperative verbs.

This works better (and only) when your action is a single verb.
This is why you cannot use it to say "Let's go watch a movie" (Vamos a ver una película).

The thing is, you have to be really skillful with this whole different verb tense because it's variables change each word radically, and sometimes it is confusing. :S I assure you though, that it is WAAAY more used than the two-verb form (vamos a + infinitive verb) when talking casually, and even spanish speakers get it wrong sometimes (specially adding "s" when you have to eliminate it :P ). Just don't worry, it will come naturally eventually :)

Answer 9

Thanks! That was really helpful! Always good to know more than one way :)

Answer 10

"Veamos una película"? It sounds like the subjunctive. I didn't know people used the subjunctive that way. Neat!

Answer 11

Lol and I hadn't thought of that. Yeah, it seems like the subjunctive used as a command (only in first person plural guys :) ). It makes me wonder if there is any rule in spanish that is not meant to be broken? Haha. :)