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Escribid vuestro nombre en la hoja.

Escribid vuestro nombre en la hoja.
You guys, write your name on the sheet.
From Lesson 126:Paper, ruler and handwriting (la hoja, la regla, la letra)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Escribid vuestro nombre en la hoja.

Why does the verb escribid end in a 'd'?
This is the command (imperative) form for vosotros (informal 'you all', used in Spain). To tell a group to do something, you simply drop the final -r from the infinitive (escribir) and add a -d (escribid). It is a very easy rule to remember because it has no exceptions!
Why use vuestro here instead of su for 'your'?
Because this sentence uses the informal plural 'you all' (vosotros), which is standard in Spain. The word for 'your' that belongs to vosotros is vuestro (which changes to match the gender and number of the noun it describes). If this were formal, or in Latin America, you would use ustedes and the word for 'your' would be su.
Since it is 'you guys', shouldn't it be vuestros nombres (plural) instead of vuestro nombre?
In English, we usually say 'write your names'. However, in Spanish, it is very common to keep the noun singular (nombre) when each person in the group only has one of that thing. Saying nombres might sound like each person has to write down multiple names.
Doesn't hoja mean 'leaf'?
Yes, hoja literally means 'leaf' (like on a tree), but it is also the everyday word for a 'sheet' or 'piece' of paper (una hoja de papel).
Why use en if it means 'on'? I thought it meant 'in'.
The Spanish word en is very versatile and translates to 'in', 'on', or 'at' depending on the context. Since you write on paper, en la hoja translates naturally to 'on the sheet'.

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