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Pregunta al profesor y deja la nota aquí.

Pregunta al profesor y deja la nota aquí.
Ask the teacher and leave the note here.
From Lesson 61:Affirmative commands (tú, vosotros)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Pregunta al profesor y deja la nota aquí.

How do we know pregunta and deja are commands here, and not just 'he asks' and 'he leaves'?
In Spanish, the affirmative tú (informal 'you') command for regular verbs looks exactly like the él/ella/usted present tense form. To make it, you just drop the final -s from the normal tú form (so preguntas becomes pregunta). Since there is no subject like él and the sentence is a direct instruction, we know they are commands.
How would this sentence change if I were giving this instruction to a group of friends?
In Spain, you use the vosotros form for a group of friends. To make an affirmative vosotros command, just swap the final -r of the infinitive verb for a -d. So, preguntar becomes preguntad and dejar becomes dejad. The sentence would be: Preguntad al profesor y dejad la nota aquí.
Why does it say al profesor instead of just el profesor?
When you ask a person something in Spanish, you direct the action 'to' them, which requires the preposition a. Whenever a (to) is immediately followed by the masculine article el (the), they combine into the mandatory contraction al.
Can I use deja to tell someone to leave a room?
No, dejar is mainly used for leaving objects behind (like the note in this sentence) or letting someone do something. If you want to tell someone to leave a place or go out, you would use a different verb, such as salir.

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