1. Los Mandatos Informales To form the informal (tú) commands you usually use the third person singular (él, ella) of the Present tense: hablarhabla comercome escribirescribe

2. Verbs that have a stem-change in the Present tense normally have the same change in the Informal, affirmative command: Raúl, close the window! Raúl, ¡cierra la ventana! Rosa, continue straight ahead! Rosa, ¡sigue derecho! Ana, fry the eggs! Ana, fríe los huevos!

3. Some verbs have irregular informal, affirmative commands: decirdi irve sersé salirsal hacerhaz tenerten venirven ponerpon

4. Tell the truth, Rosa! ¡Di la verdad, Rosa! Go home, Beto! ¡Ve a casa, Beto! Ana, leave now! ¡Ana, sal ahora! Be careful, Elena! ¡Ten cuidado, Elena! Come here, Luís! ¡Ven aquí, Luís!

5. Object pronouns and reflexive pronouns are attached to the end of affirmative, informal commands; but add an accent to any command of more than one syllable. Tell me the truth!¡dime la verdad! Write it (letter) now.¡escríbela ahora! Do it!¡hazlo! Sit down!¡siéntate! Stand up!¡levántate! Give me it (money)!¡dámelo! Tell it (answer) to us!¡dínosla!

6. To form the negative, informal commands use the YO form of the Present tense, drop the o, and, for –AR verbs add es; for –ER and –IR verbs add as, but watch out for spelling changes : hablarno hables comerno comas escribirno escribas volverno vuelvas pedirno pidas hacerno hagas salirno salgas empezarno empieces tocarno toques llegarno llegues

7. The same verbs that are irregular in the Formal commands are irregular in the negative tú command: irno vayas serno seas saberno sepas estarno estés darno dés