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Difficulty: HardRegister and Style

A cultural institution is broadcasting an informational announcement to its patrons. Complete the transcript of the announcement by providing the appropriate formal plural imperative forms (ustedes) of the verbs given in parentheses to maintain a consistent formal register. What are the correct conjugated verb forms for each blank?

Answer:Estimados visitantes: Les recordamos que la sala de manuscritos históricos cerrará en diez minutos. Por favor, (recoger) 【recojan】 todas sus pertenencias personales y (mostrar) 【muestren】 su pase de acceso al personal de salida.

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blank_1: recojan; blank_2: muestren
The announcement opens with 'Estimados visitantes' and uses formal markers ('Les recordamos', 'sus pertenencias'), establishing a formal plural register ('ustedes'). Consequently, all imperative actions requested of the visitors must use formal plural command forms. For 'recoger', the formal plural command is 'recojan' (incorporating the 'g' to 'j' spelling change to preserve the correct consonant sound), and for 'mostrar', the form is 'muestren' (incorporating the 'o' to 'ue' diphthongization).

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Determine the intended register and audience from the contextual cues in the announcement.
The formal address 'Estimados visitantes', the indirect object pronoun 'Les', and the possessive adjective 'sus' indicate that the speaker is addressing a group in the formal plural register ('ustedes').
Public institutional announcements directed at adult patrons consistently employ the formal register.
2
Formulate the formal plural command ('ustedes') for the verb 'recoger'.
The correct command form is 'recojan'.
For regular '-er' verbs, the formal plural imperative takes the '-an' ending, requiring an orthographic change from 'g' to 'j' before 'a' to maintain the soft velar fricative sound [x].
3
Formulate the formal plural command ('ustedes') for the verb 'mostrar'.
The correct command form is 'muestren'.
For stem-changing '-ar' verbs, the formal plural imperative takes the '-en' ending along with the radical vowel change from 'o' to 'ue'.

Key Concept

Formal Register and Plural Imperative Morphology in Public Announcements
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