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3. Negative Tú Commands To form negative tú commands with regular verbs, we drop the o of the present-tense yo form and add the following endings:

4. Negative Tú Commands HABLAR hablo habl es No hables ahora

5. Negative Tú Commands COMER como com as No comas eso.

6. Negative Tú Commands ABRIR abro abr as No abras esa puerta.

7. Negative Tú Commands The same rule applies to verbs whose present tense yo form ends in –go, -zco, -yo, and –jo.

8. Negative Tú Commands SALIR No salgas si estás enferma.

9. Negative Tú Commands Notice that -ar verbs take the ending -es and that -er verbs take the ending -as. In stem-changing verbs the stem change remains.

10. 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.

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

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

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

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

15. Negative Tú Commands Dar Estar Ir Ser No des No estés No vayas No seas

16. Negative Tú Commands Remember that pronouns are attached to affirmative commands.

17. Negative Tú Commands If the pronoun is added to a command form that has two or more syllables, write an accent mark on the syllable stressed in the present tense.

18. Negative Tú Commands ¿Pico las cebollas? Sí, pícalas.

19. Negative Tú Commands With negative commands, pronouns always go right before the verb.

20. Negative Tú Commands ¿Pico los tomates también? No, no los piques.

21. Remember Negative commands: no+ pronoun + command Negative commands end with s.