# 37. Nosotros Commands

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Nosotros commands are the Spanish equivalent of English "Let's …". Form them by switching the present-tense vowel: `-amos ↔ -emos`. The same form serves both affirmative and negative.

## Key Rules
- **-ar verbs**: present `-amos` → command `-emos` (`hablamos → hablemos`).
- **-er/-ir verbs**: present `-emos`/`-imos` → command `-amos` (`comemos → comamos`, `abrimos → abramos`).
- **Negative** = same form preceded by `no`: `no hablemos`, `no comamos`.
- **Spelling-change verbs** (-car/-gar/-zar): `practicar → practiquemos`, `jugar → juguemos`, `organizar → organicemos`.
- **Stem changes** apply only to **-ir** stem-changing verbs and only with one letter: `dormir → durmamos`, `sentir → sintamos`, `pedir → pidamos`.
- **Object pronouns**: attach (with accent) in affirmative — `abrámoslo`; separate before verb in negative — `no lo abramos`.
- **Reflexive verbs**: drop the final `-s` of the verb before attaching `nos`: `sentémosnos → sentémonos`, `bañémosnos → bañémonos`. Same drop before `se`: `démosselo → démoselo`.
- **`Ir`**: affirmative `let's go` is `vamos` (informal) or `vayamos` (formal). `Let's go out` (irse) = `vámonos`. Negative uses irregular `no nos vayamos`.

## Conjugation / Pattern Tables

### Regular nosotros commands
| Verb | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| hablar | hablemos | no hablemos |
| comer | comamos | no comamos |
| abrir | abramos | no abramos |

### Common irregular nosotros commands
| Verb | Command (Let's…) |
|---|---|
| conducir | conduzcamos |
| decir | digamos |
| hacer | hagamos |
| oír | oigamos |
| tener | tengamos |
| traer | traigamos |
| venir | vengamos |
| ver | veamos |
| dar | demos |
| ser | seamos |
| estar | estemos |
| saber | sepamos |
| ir | vamos / vayamos |

## Examples
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| Hablemos español. | Let's speak Spanish. |
| No comamos ahora. | Let's not eat now. |
| Practiquemos juntos. | Let's practice together. |
| Durmamos un poco. | Let's sleep a bit. |
| Abrámoslo. | Let's open it. |
| No lo abramos. | Let's not open it. |
| Comprémoslos. | Let's buy them. |
| Llevémoselo. | Let's bring it to him/her. |
| Sentémonos. | Let's sit down. |
| No nos sentemos. | Let's not sit down. |
| Vámonos. | Let's go (out)! |
| No nos vayamos. | Let's not leave. |
| Démoselo a él. | Let's give it to him. |

## Notes & Gotchas
- The dropped `-s` before `nos`/`se` is required; saying `sentémosnos` sounds wrong.
- `Vamos` is both "we go" and informal "let's go"; context disambiguates.
- For "let's leave/go away" use `vámonos` (NOT `vayámonos`).
- Negative reflexives do NOT drop the `-s`: `no nos sentemos`.
