Affirmative and Negative Informal Commands (Mandatos en la forma de tú Afirmativos y negativos)

When you tell someone to do something, you are giving an affirmative command. Here are some affirmative commands you might give to a person you address as tú:

Affirmative Commands Linda, saca la basura. Pablo, apaga las luces por favor. Cristóbol, sirve la cena ahora.

Affirmative Commands Notice that command forms are usually the same forms that we use for él / ella / Ud. in the present tense.

Affirmative Commands correr corre estudiar estudia escribir escribe bajar de pesobaja de peso practicarpractica

Affirmative Commands Stem changing verbs keep their stem change in the command form. Just use the Ud. él and ella form of the PRESENT TENSE!

jugar juega mover mueve empezar empieza servir sirve dormir duerme

Affirmative Commands Certain verbs, like salir, tener, venir, poner, ir, decir hacer, and ser, have irregular command forms.

Irregular Affirmative commands Sal - Salir Ten - Tener Ven - Venir Pon - Poner Ve - Ir Di - Decir Haz - Hacer Sé - ser

IrregularAffirmative Commands Miguel, haz tu cama. Elena, di lo que piensas. Isabel, pon los libros en la mesa. Pepe, sé bueno. ¡No corras!

Negative Tú Commands To form the NEGATIVE tú commands ( DON’T….) Go to the “yo” form… abrir  abro Drop the “o”  abr Add the OPPOSITE ending  NO abras la puerta

Negative Tú Commands escribir (Yo) escribo Drop the “o”  escrib Switch the ending ¡No escribas malas palabras!

Negative Tú Commands tener (yo) tengo Drop the “o” -  teng Switch the ending -  ¡No tengas miedo!

Negative Tú Commands Verbs ending in -car, -gar, and -zar have the following spelling changes in negative tú commands in order to maintain the original sound.

Negative Tú Commands TOCAR tocotoques No toques el piano. -car (c…qu)

Negative Tú Commands LLEGAR llegollegues No llegues tarde. -gar (g…gu)

Negative Tú Commands CRUZAR cruzocruces No cruces aquí. -zar (z…c)

Negative Tú Commands Verbs whose present-tense yo form ends in -go:

Negative Tú Commands caerse decir hacer poner salir tener traer

Negative Tú Commands All of these verbs form their negative tú commands according to the regular rule.

Negative Tú Commands No pongas la maleta sobre el asiento. No hagas ruido en el avion. No le digas eso a la euxiliar de vuelo No salgas de tu asiento.

Negative Tú Commands Some verbs, such as ir, estar, dar and ser, have irregular negative tú command forms.

Negative Tú Commands No vayas al bosque por la noche. No seas tímido. Pide lo que necesitas. No estés triste. No des la tarea a la profesora.

Placement of Object Pronouns with Commands end 1. If it is the object of an affirmative command, then attach it to the end of the command. ( watch for accents) lo ie...Cómelo. (Eat it.) Think: AA….. ADJECTIVE….ATTACH !

Placement of Object Pronouns with Commands negative in front 2. If it is the object of a negative command, then place it in front of the command. lo ie...No lo comas. (Don’t eat it.)

Examples 1.Open your Spanish book. 2. Go to the school. 3. Listen please. 4. Eat all the vegetables. 5. Wash yourself now. 1. Abre tu libro de español. 2. Ve al colegio. 3. Escucha, por favor. 4. Come todas las legumbres. 5. Lávate ahora.

Examples 1.Don’t open your Spanish book. 2. Don’t go to the school. 3. Don’t listen please. 4. Don’t eat all the vegetables. 5. Don’t wash yourself now. 1. No abras tu libro de español. 2. No vayas al colegio. 3. No escuches, por favor. 4. No Comas todas los vegetales. 5. No te laves ahora.

Questions 1. Name one irregular affirmative command. 2. What tense are affirmative commands conjugated in? 3. How many irregular verbs are there? 4. What is the command for... Listen!

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