Learn Spanish (Latin America): No llevemos los carteles. Protestemos aquí. - Let's not take the posters. Let's protest here.

No llevemos los carteles. Protestemos aquí.

Let's not take the posters. Let's protest here.

Breakdown of No llevemos los carteles. Protestemos aquí.

to take (carry, transport)

protestar

to protest

Questions & Answers about No llevemos los carteles. Protestemos aquí.

Why do these verbs end in "-emos" instead of "-amos" (llevemos, protestemos)?

These are nosotros commands, which we use to say "let's" do something. To form them, we use the present subjunctive. Since llevar (to take) and protestar (to protest) are both -ar verbs, their normal nosotros endings swap from -amos to -emos.

Does the verb form change when making a negative "let's not" command like "No llevemos"?

Nope! Unlike informal tú commands (where telling someone to do something versus not do it requires different verb endings), nosotros commands use the exact same present subjunctive form for both. You simply place no right in front of the verb.

What kind of object is a "cartel" in this context?

A cartel is a sign, poster, or placard. In the context of a protest, los carteles refers to the physical signs people hold up to display their message.

If I wanted to replace "los carteles" with the pronoun "them" (los), where would it go in the first sentence?

You would say No los llevemos. In negative commands, object pronouns like los (them) cannot be attached to the end of the verb. They must go between the negative word (no) and the verb (llevemos).