{ "chapter_id": "37", "slug": "nosotros-commands", "title": "Nosotros Commands", "time_range_sec": [10250, 10646], "summary": "Nosotros commands express 'Let's …'. Form by switching the present-tense vowel: -ar → -emos, -er/-ir → -amos. Same form is used for affirmative and negative; reflexive verbs drop the final -s before nos.", "suggested_grammar_note_id": "commands-imperative", "rules": [ { "title": "Regular nosotros commands", "bullets": [ "-ar: present 'amos' becomes 'emos' (hablamos → hablemos).", "-er/-ir: present 'emos/imos' becomes 'amos' (comemos → comamos, abrimos → abramos).", "Negative is the same form preceded by 'no'." ] }, { "title": "Spelling and stem changes", "bullets": [ "-car/-gar/-zar: practicar→practiquemos, jugar→juguemos, organizar→organicemos.", "Only -ir stem-changers change in nosotros, and only by ONE letter: dormir→durmamos, sentir→sintamos, pedir→pidamos." ] }, { "title": "Common irregulars", "bullets": [ "conduzcamos, digamos, hagamos, oigamos, tengamos, traigamos, vengamos, veamos, demos, seamos, estemos, sepamos." ] }, { "title": "Object pronouns", "bullets": [ "Affirmative: attach to verb with accent (abramos+lo → abrámoslo, comprémoslos, llevémoselo).", "Negative: pronouns separate before the verb (no lo abramos, no los compremos, no te lo llevemos)." ] }, { "title": "Reflexive verbs and 'ir'", "bullets": [ "Drop the final -s of the verb before attaching nos: sentémonos, bañémonos.", "Same -s drop happens before se (IOP): démoselo (not démosselo).", "ir: 'let's go' = vamos (informal) or vayamos (formal). 'Let's go out' = vámonos. Negative uses 'no nos vayamos'." ] } ], "examples": [ {"es": "Hablemos español.", "en": "Let's speak Spanish.", "tags": ["regular"]}, {"es": "No comamos ahora.", "en": "Let's not eat now.", "tags": ["negative"]}, {"es": "Practiquemos juntos.", "en": "Let's practice together.", "tags": ["spell-change"]}, {"es": "Durmamos un poco.", "en": "Let's sleep a bit.", "tags": ["stem-change"]}, {"es": "Abrámoslo.", "en": "Let's open it.", "tags": ["pronouns"]}, {"es": "No lo abramos.", "en": "Let's not open it.", "tags": ["pronouns", "negative"]}, {"es": "Comprémoslos.", "en": "Let's buy them.", "tags": ["pronouns"]}, {"es": "Llevémoselo.", "en": "Let's bring it to him/her.", "tags": ["pronouns", "double"]}, {"es": "Sentémonos.", "en": "Let's sit down.", "tags": ["reflexive", "s-drop"]}, {"es": "No nos sentemos.", "en": "Let's not sit down.", "tags": ["reflexive", "negative"]}, {"es": "Vámonos.", "en": "Let's go (out)!", "tags": ["ir", "irse"]}, {"es": "No nos vayamos.", "en": "Let's not leave.", "tags": ["ir", "negative"]}, {"es": "Démoselo a él.", "en": "Let's give it to him.", "tags": ["s-drop", "pronouns"]} ], "vocab": [ {"es": "sentarse", "en": "to sit down", "pos": "verb"}, {"es": "bañarse", "en": "to bathe", "pos": "verb"}, {"es": "irse", "en": "to leave/go out", "pos": "verb"}, {"es": "vámonos", "en": "let's go!", "pos": "phrase"}, {"es": "vayamos", "en": "let's go (formal)", "pos": "phrase"} ], "conjugation_tables": [ { "verb": "hablar", "tense_id": "imp_afirmativo", "forms": {"yo": "—", "tu": "habla", "el": "hable", "nosotros": "hablemos", "vosotros": "hablad", "ellos": "hablen"} }, { "verb": "comer", "tense_id": "imp_afirmativo", "forms": {"yo": "—", "tu": "come", "el": "coma", "nosotros": "comamos", "vosotros": "comed", "ellos": "coman"} }, { "verb": "ir", "tense_id": "imp_afirmativo", "forms": {"yo": "—", "tu": "ve", "el": "vaya", "nosotros": "vamos", "vosotros": "id", "ellos": "vayan"} } ], "exercises": [ {"sentence": "Let's speak: ¡_____ español! (hablar)", "correct": "Hablemos", "distractor": "Hablamos", "explanation": "-ar nosotros command swaps -amos to -emos."}, {"sentence": "Let's eat: ¡_____! (comer)", "correct": "Comamos", "distractor": "Comemos", "explanation": "-er swaps -emos to -amos."}, {"sentence": "Let's practice: ¡_____! (practicar)", "correct": "Practiquemos", "distractor": "Practicemos", "explanation": "-car needs c→qu before e."}, {"sentence": "Let's sleep: ¡_____! (dormir)", "correct": "Durmamos", "distractor": "Dormamos", "explanation": "-ir stem-changer: o→u in nosotros."}, {"sentence": "Let's sit down: ¡_____! (sentarse)", "correct": "Sentémonos", "distractor": "Sentémosnos", "explanation": "Drop the final -s before attaching nos."}, {"sentence": "Let's not sit down: ¡_____! (sentarse)", "correct": "No nos sentemos", "distractor": "No nos sentémonos", "explanation": "Negative: pronoun before verb, no s-drop."}, {"sentence": "Let's go out: ¡_____! (irse)", "correct": "Vámonos", "distractor": "Vayámonos", "explanation": "Affirmative uses present 'vamos' minus s + nos."}, {"sentence": "Let's not leave: ¡_____! (irse)", "correct": "No nos vayamos", "distractor": "No nos vamos", "explanation": "Negative requires the irregular 'vayamos'."} ], "caveats": "Captions repeatedly garbled forms ('SOS', 'BOS', 'deos') reconstructed via grammar rules." }