Deja la mochila allí, por favor.

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Breakdown of Deja la mochila allí, por favor.

• la mochila: the backpack
• dejar: to leave
• .: period (punctuation mark)

Questions & Answers about Deja la mochila allí, por favor.

Why is it deja and not dejas or dejar?

Deja is the tú imperative form of dejar.

• dejar = the infinitive, to leave / to put down
• dejas = you leave (present tense, statement)
• deja = leave! / put it down! (command to one person you address as tú)

So in this sentence, deja is giving an instruction to one person in an informal way.

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What form of command is deja exactly?

It is the affirmative informal singular command: the command used with tú.

For most regular -ar verbs, the tú affirmative command looks like the él/ella/usted present form:

• dejar → él deja
• command to tú → deja

So:

• Deja la mochila allí. = command to one person you know, a friend, child, classmate, etc.

In Spain, if you were talking to:

• usted (formal singular): Deje la mochila allí, por favor.
• vosotros (informal plural): Dejad la mochila allí, por favor.
• ustedes (formal plural): Dejen la mochila allí, por favor.

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