AFFIRMATIVE TÚ COMMANDS
Remember: What types of people can you address as “tú”? 1. Friends 2. Family 3. Younger people To tell these people to do something, use an informal COMMAND.
To form the “TÚ COMMAND”, 1. Conjugate the verb to match the “tú” form 2. Drop the final “-S” (tú) hablar hablas (tú) comer comes (tú) abrir abres habla come abre
You will change e ie, o ue, and e i in commands dormir (o ue): duermes vestir (e i): vistes calentar (e ie): calientas duerme viste calienta
IRREGULAR COMMANDS: HacerTo make/doHAZ IrTo goVE PonerTo put/placePON SerTo beSÉ TenerTo haveTEN VenirTo comeVEN DecirTo tell/sayDI SalirTo go out/leaveSAL
NEGATIVE TÚ COMMANDS
You will use negative commands to tell informal people what NOT to do. There are 3 easy steps to conjugate a NEGATIVE TÚ COMMAND:
Step 1: Conjugate the verb into the “YO” form Comer no __________como Salir no _________salgo Hablar no ________hablo
Step 2: Drop the final “-o” Comer no __________com Salir no ___________salg Hablar no ________habl
Step 3: For –ar verbs add: -ES For –er/-ir verbs add: - AS Comer no _________ comas Salir no __________ salgas Hablar no ________ hables
Verbs that end in –CAR, -GAR, and –ZAR make some changes. -CAR QU No tocar no toces no toques
Verbs that end in –CAR, -GAR, and –ZAR make some changes. -GAR GU No jugar no jueges no juegues
Verbs that end in –CAR, -GAR, and –ZAR make some changes. -ZAR C No empezar no empiezes no empieces
IRREGULAR NEGATIVE COMMANDS: DARTo giveNO DES IRTo goNO VAYAS SERTo beNO SEAS