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Imperativos en el coche: tú y vosotros + pronombres

Imperatives with pronouns (tú/vosotros) used in-car; choose the correct form and placement.
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ponte el cinturónponeos el cinturónenciende las lucesmira por el retrovisorapaga el motorabráchateabróchate
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Key rule: in affirmative imperatives, the pronoun is attached to the verb: Ponte / Poneos / Enciéndelas. In the negative, it goes before the verb: No te lo pongas; No os lo pongáis. Ver guía y colocación.

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Tú: Enciende las luces → Enciéndelas. Apaga el motor → Apágalo. Mira por el retrovisor (without pronoun). Note: direct object: luces → las; motor → lo.

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Vosotros: Encended las luces → Encendedlas. Apagad el motor → Apagadlo. Cinturón: Poneos el cinturón. Note: for vosotros: poned + os → poneos. Ver formas de vosotros.

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Useful reflexives in the car: Ponte / Poneos el cinturón. Also: Abróchate el cinturón. Note: it’s better to use “Abróchate”. Useful irregulars: pon, haz, ve (tú).

Comprehension check:

Completa (tú): ____ el cinturón.
Ponte
Poneos
Te ponte
Rule: in affirmative commands, the pronoun is attached to the verb: ponte (poner + te). “Poneos” is for vosotros.
From A2: in affirmative commands, the pronoun joins onto the verb (dímelo, siéntate).
Completa (vosotros): ____ las luces.
Enciénde
Encended
Enciende
For vosotros: encended (base form) + las (direct object) → encendedlas. “Enciéndelas” is the tú form.
In the plural (vosotros), the imperative is formed from the infinitive → -d: encended.
Negativa (vosotros): ____ el motor.
No apagadlo
No lo apaguéis
No apagaos
In negative commands, the pronoun goes before the verb: No lo apaguéis. The verb form is the subjunctive (vosotros): apaguéis.
Remember: affirmative — after the verb; negative — before the verb (me/te/se/lo...).

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