# Usted and ustedes commands: hable, hablen

> id: conjugation.imperative.usted-ustedes · category: conjugation · depth: standard · levels: A2 · review: internally_reviewed

**Summary.** Formal commands borrow the present subjunctive: hable (usted), hablen (ustedes); coma/coman; venga/vengan. Same forms whether affirmative or negative.

Usted and ustedes commands are the third-person subjunctive forms: pase, siéntese, tenga, no se preocupe. Since they come from the subjunctive, all yo-form irregularities show up: venga (vengo), salga (salgo), conozca (conozco).

In Latin America, ustedes is the only plural, so 'you all' commands are always the -n forms: pasen, siéntense — whether the group is formal or your closest friends. In Spain, informal plural uses vosotros (pasad) instead.

Affirmative attaches pronouns (siéntese, dígame); negative puts them before (no se siente, no me diga).

## Examples
- Pase, por favor. — Come in, please.
- Dígame su nombre completo. — Tell me your full name.
- Siéntense, ya empezamos. — Sit down (you all), we're starting.

Related: conjugation.subjunctive.present-irregular, conjugation.imperative.negative, conjugation.imperative.pronoun-attachment

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