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¡No mojéis el pincel, por favor!

¡No mojéis el pincel, por favor!
Do not wet the paintbrush, please!
From Lesson 163:Negative plural commands (no mojéis...)·Spanish (Spain)

Breakdown of ¡No mojéis el pincel, por favor!

no
no / not
por favor
please
mojar
to wet
el pincel
the paintbrush

Questions & Answers about ¡No mojéis el pincel, por favor!

Why does mojar change to mojéis here?
To tell a group of people (vosotros) NOT to do something, we use the negative imperative. For -ar verbs like mojar (to wet), you drop the -ar and add -éis. That is why it becomes no mojéis (don't wet).
Could I say no mojad instead?
No, because Spanish uses completely different verb endings for negative commands compared to affirmative ones. Mojad is the affirmative command (Wet it!), but as soon as you add no (Don't wet it!), you must switch to the -éis form: no mojéis.
Why is there an accent mark on the e in mojéis?
The accent mark shows you where to put the stress when you speak. The ending -éis is a single syllable, and the accent tells you to emphasize it (mo-HAYS). All regular -ar verbs in this negative vosotros command form end in -éis with that accent.
Do I need to include the word vosotros in this sentence?
It is not necessary, and it is almost always left out! The specific ending -éis in mojéis already makes it perfectly clear that you are talking to a group of people.

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