This article refers to "<em>The Imperative Mood/mode</em>" in the Spanish Language;
in Spanish, there are informal and formal forms of you; therefore there are both formal and informal command modes;
<em>Informal commands</em> are mostly used among friends or relatives, and <em>the formal ones</em> are often used to be polite or to show respect, generally to someone older or newly met people, or someone playing as an authority figure.
<em>The imperative mode</em> it's also used to tell people what to do, or give a formal instruction, and it works by removing the verbs' ending and replacing them with: <em>-e</em> or <em>-a</em>.
as in: <em>Vivir</em> (to live) = <em>Viva</em> <em>Amar</em> (to love) = <em>Ame</em>
<em>Bailar</em> (to dance) = <em>Baile</em> <em>Dar</em> (to give) = <em>Dé </em>
<em>Disfrutar </em>(to enjoy) = <em>Disfrute</em><em> Jugar </em>(to play)<em> = </em><em>Juegue</em>
Thus to give instructions to someone cleaning a house, use the following ones:
(wash) <em>Lave</em>; (sweep) <em>Barra</em><em>;</em><em> </em>(wax) <em>Encere</em> (shine); (clean) <em>Limpie.</em>