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Te ruego que leas las instrucciones despacio.

Te ruego que leas las instrucciones despacio.
I beg you to read the instructions slowly.
From Lesson 242:Verbs of volition (querer que)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Te ruego que leas las instrucciones despacio.

Why do we use leas instead of lees in this sentence?
Leas is in the present subjunctive mood. We use the subjunctive here because rogar (to beg) is a verb of influence, and the two verbs have different subjects: I beg, but you read. When you combine a verb of influence, the word que, and a new subject, that second verb must be in the subjunctive.
Why do we need the pronoun Te before ruego?
The verb rogar takes an indirect object to indicate who is being asked or begged. Here, te means 'to you'. In English we say 'I beg you', but in Spanish the structure is more like 'I make a request to you'.
The infinitive is rogar. Why does it change to ruego?
Rogar is a stem-changing verb. In the present tense, the o in the stem changes to ue for most forms (like yo ruego, tú ruegas, él ruega). It only keeps the o in the nosotros and vosotros forms.
Why is despacio used here instead of a word ending in -mente?
While you could absolutely use lentamente (slowly), despacio is a very common adverb that also means 'slowly'. Even though it doesn't have the typical -mente adverb ending, it is naturally used to describe how an action is performed.

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