Let's see how a line from the dialogue follows this pattern.

Primero, pon agua in a oya.

First, put water in a pot.

Pon is the imperative form of the verb poner,

and it is used to give a direct command to someone.

Agua, meaning water, is the object, the thing being put in a oya. This is the place. It tells us where to put the water in a pot.

So, put water in a oya, follows the structure,

verb imperative, plus object, plus place,

and it clearly tells someone what to do and where to do it.

Now, you can give clear, polite instructions in Spanish, whether you are in a kitchen or in a classroom.

The sentence, first, put water in a oya, is a positive imperative. used to give a direct command first put water in a pot it uses

affirmative two command form of the verb poner pon in affirmative commands like this the

object follows the verb.

This is standard in Spanish.

The direct object comes after the imperative verb in affirmative sentences.

In contrast, a negative command uses a different structure, no, plus direct object, plus the verb in subjunctive form,

which is used to tell someone not to do something. For example, no lo pungas in la oya,

don't put it in the pot.

Here, the dark object pronoun la,

referring to a feminine object,

comes before pongas, enclosed by no.

Also, notice that pond became pongas in a negative command.

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