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37. Nosotros Commands

Source: A Complete Guide To Every Fundamental In Spanish (The Conclusion)

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.

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