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Haz café: giving a familiar instruction in Spanish
Listen to pon and haz in a kitchen scene. Read the Spanish sentence, its English meaning, and try a short instruction.
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Pon el agua caliente en la taza blanca y haz café bueno para dos personas
Put the hot water in the white cup and make good coffee for two people.
A closer look
Haz is the affirmative tú command of hacer. Pon is the affirmative tú command of poner. Both have irregular forms.
These forms are for someone you address as tú. Negative commands and usted commands use different forms.
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Tell someone you address as tú to make coffee for two.
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Haz café para dos. — Make coffee for two.
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