Affirmative Tú Commands Unidad 5 Lección 2 Michaelson

Affirmative Tú Commands English Grammar Connection: In both Spanish and English, _________________are used to tell someone to do something. In Spanish, commands are expressed as a ______________ of the verb. The tú command is used to give an order to a child, animal or someone you know well (anyone that you would use the tú form with when speaking) commands form Take a minute to answer the three questions in your notes

affirmative tú commands Did you know…You already know how to form tú commands??

affirmative tú commands To form a regular command: Tú affirmative command : It is the same form as third person singular of the present tense (él, ella, ud.) of that verb.

affirmative tú commands To state an affirmative (tú) command of most verbs, Conjugate for third person singular. Verb 3rd person Command Translation caminar  camina ¡Camina!  Walk! comer  come ¡Come!  Eat! dormir  duerme ¡Duerme!  Sleep! What shows the difference between the conjugation in the present tense and the command form of the verb?

Affirmative Tú Commands Write the following verbs as affirmative tú commands. verbo en inglés verbo en español Ud.-form of verb mandato afirmativo   correr 2. To bring 3.  limpiar to run corre ¡corre! traer trae ¡trae! to clean limpia ¡limpia!

The following verbs have irregular tú commands There are a few positive tú commands that are irregular. You will have to memorize them, as there isn’t a pattern to follow. The following verbs have irregular tú commands Infinitive Positive Command hacer ________________ poner ________________ tener ________________ ir ________________ ser ________________ venir ________________ salir ________________ decir ________________ haz pon ten ve sé ven sal di

Ven di sal haz ten ve pon sé irregular tú commands All you need to know is - “ Vin Diesel Has ten weapons” Ven di sal haz ten ve pon sé

end tú commands and Dopns command attach it If you use an affirmative command with a D.O.P.N., _______________________ to the _________ of the _______________. You must add an accent when you attach a pronoun to a command of two or more syllables to retain the original stress. attach it end command

Ejemplo Cierra la ventana.  Ciérrala Close the window Close it. (Accent because there are more than two syllables in cierra) Pon la mesa ahora. →Ponla Set the table now Set it now. (No accent because Pon only has one syllable)

acabar de + infinitive acabar de When you want to say something just happened, you use the verb phrase _____________________________. acabar de + infinitive Don’t forget you need to conjugate ‘acabar’!

Acabar de Ej: Acabamos de terminar la tarea. We just finished the homework. acabo acabamos acabas acabáis acaba Acaban