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How do I make "abre la boca" formal in Spanish
can you explain exactly what you have to do

User Yezan Rafed
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Abres is the indicative form, which is just
stating what is happening. But here you have
a command, so you need the imperative form
abre.
La is used because the owner of the mouth is
already clear from the verb - the mouth you're
going to open will be your own. But it's not
wrong to use su.
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Abres is the indicative form, which is just stating what is happening. But here you have a command, so you need the imperative form abre.

La is used because the owner of the mouth is already clear from the verb - the mouth you're going to open will be your own. But it's not wrong to use su.

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