Give your parents coffee in Spanish 🇪🇸

Dales

So demanding, dales is imperative. Das + les and drop the s when combined for dales.

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Sentence info.

The sentence “Dales café a tus padres.” is an imperative form in Spanish, which is used to give commands or instructions. Here’s the breakdown of how it’s formed:

1. “Dales”: This word is a combination of “da,” which is the imperative form of the verb “dar” (to give) for the informal second person singular (tú), and “les,” which is the indirect object pronoun for third person plural (them), in this case referring to ‘your parents’. When using the imperative with pronouns in Spanish, you attach the pronoun to the end of the verb.

2. “café”: This is a direct object noun meaning “coffee.”

3. “a tus padres”: This is a prepositional phrase where “a” means “to” and “tus padres” means “your parents.” It adds clarification about who the indirect object pronoun “les” refers to.

To remember:

– When giving commands in Spanish, if you need to use pronouns (like direct or indirect object pronouns), you attach them to the end of the affirmative command.
– Always place the indirect object pronoun before the direct object noun.
– Use “a” before mentioning the people to whom something is given for clarification.

Alternate ways to say “Give your parents coffee” in Spanish:

1. “Da café a tus padres.” (Still using the imperative but without attaching the pronoun to the verb)
2. “Sirve café a tus padres.” (Using a different verb, “servir,” which means “to serve”)
3. “Entrega café a tus padres.” (Using the verb “entregar,” which means “to deliver/hand over”)
4. “Pasa café a tus padres.” (Using the verb “pasar,” which can be understood as “to pass”)

In each alternative, the structure remains similar with the verb followed by the direct object “café” and the prepositional phrase “a tus padres” to indicate the recipients of the action.

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