Dame el mando, por favor, quiero bajar el volumen.

Because in Spanish, with an affirmative command, object pronouns are attached to the end of the verb.

• da = give
• me = to me

So:

• dame = give me

You would not normally say da me in standard Spanish.

A useful rule:

• Affirmative commands: attach the pronoun → dame, dímelo, siéntate
• Negative commands: put the pronoun before the verb → no me lo des

It is the tú imperative of dar.

The verb dar is irregular in some forms, and its tú command is:

• da = give

Then me is added:

• da + me = dame

So dame is an informal singular command used when speaking to one person you address as tú.

Not necessarily. It depends a lot on tone, context, and your relationship with the person.

In Spain, Dame el mando, por favor can sound perfectly normal between family members, friends, or people who speak casually to each other.

Still, an imperative can sound more direct than in English. If you want to sound softer, you could say:

• ¿Me das el mando, por favor? = Will you give me the remote, please?
• Pásame el mando, por favor. = Pass me the remote, please.

So dame is not automatically rude, but it is definitely direct.

Yes, mando can mean command, authority, or control in other contexts. But in Spain, el mando very commonly means the remote control.

So in everyday Peninsular Spanish:

• el mando = the remote / remote control

This is very natural in Spain. In many Latin American countries, people are more likely to say:

• el control
• el control remoto

So this sentence sounds especially natural for Spanish from Spain.

Spanish uses the definite article el much more often than English does.

So bajar el volumen is the normal way to say turn down the volume or lower the volume.

You usually need the article here:

• subir el volumen = turn up the volume
• bajar el volumen = turn down the volume

Leaving out el would sound unnatural in this sentence.

Because after querer + another verb, Spanish uses the infinitive directly.

So:

• quiero bajar = I want to lower / turn down

No a is needed here.

And bajo would be wrong because bajo is a conjugated form, not an infinitive. After quiero, Spanish wants the infinitive:

• quiero comer
• quiero salir
• quiero bajar el volumen

Because Spanish commonly talks about volume as something you raise or lower:

• subir el volumen = turn up the volume
• bajar el volumen = turn down the volume

This is very standard usage. Even though English often uses turn up/down, Spanish normally uses subir/bajar.

So quiero bajar el volumen is the natural expression.

Yes. Quiero bajarlo is also correct.

Here, lo replaces el volumen:

• quiero bajar el volumen
• quiero bajarlo

Both mean the same thing in context.

When you have a conjugated verb plus an infinitive, Spanish often lets you put the object pronoun either:

• attached to the infinitive, or
• before the conjugated verb

So you can also say:

• Lo quiero bajar

But in this sentence, quiero bajarlo is usually more natural than lo quiero bajar.

Yes, por favor is quite flexible.

These are all possible:

• Dame el mando, por favor.
• Por favor, dame el mando.
• Dame, por favor, el mando.

The most natural version here is probably:

• Dame el mando, por favor.

Putting por favor at the end is very common and sounds polite without being too formal.

Because Spanish usually leaves out subject pronouns when the verb form already makes the subject clear.

• quiero already means I want

So yo quiero bajar el volumen is grammatically correct, but yo is unnecessary unless you want emphasis or contrast.

For example:

• Yo quiero bajar el volumen, pero él quiere subirlo.

Without contrast, Spanish normally just says:

• quiero bajar el volumen

Yes. If you want to be more polite or formal, especially with usted, you could say:

• Deme el mando, por favor.
• ¿Me da el mando, por favor?

Here:

• deme = formal command
• me da = polite question form

In many situations, the question form sounds softer and more natural than a command, even with por favor.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

• dame ≈ DAH-meh
• el mando ≈ el MAN-do

In connected speech, dame el often sounds a bit like:

• DAH-mel MAN-do

That is because the e of dame links smoothly into el.

In most of Spain:

• d in dame is a normal d sound
• mando has a clear m
• stress falls on DA in dame and MAN in mando

Yes, and it is very common.

• Dame el mando = Give me the remote.
• Pásame el mando = Pass me the remote.

In a situation where the other person is holding it or it’s nearby, pásame can sound especially natural.

Both are correct, but they are slightly different in nuance:

• dar focuses on giving
• pasar focuses on handing/passing over

The comma helps separate the request from the explanation:

• Dame el mando, por favor, quiero bajar el volumen.

It shows that the speaker is first making a request, then giving a reason.

In writing, you might also see this split into two sentences for extra clarity:

• Dame el mando, por favor. Quiero bajar el volumen.

That version is often easier for learners to read, but the original sentence is perfectly natural.