1. Negative Tú Commands

2. 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:

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

4. Negative Tú Commands
COMER as
com
como
No comas tacos.

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

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

7. Negative Tú Commands No vengas a clase tarde. No digas eso.
No tengas miedo.

8. 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.

9. Negative Tú Commands -car (c…qu) SACAR saco saqu es
No saques la tarea.

10. Negative Tú Commands -gar (g…gu) LLEGAR llego llegu es
No llegues tarde.

11. Negative Tú Commands -zar (z…c) ALMORZAR almuerzo almuerc es
No almuerces tarde.

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

13. Negative Tú Commands Dar No des Estar No estés Ir No vayas Saber
Ser
No des
No estés
No vayas
No sepas
No seas

14. Affirmative Tú Commands with pronouns
Remember that pronouns are attached to affirmative commands.

15. Affirmative 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 (3rd one) in the present tense.

16. Affirmative “Tú” commands
Borra las respuestas= bórralas
Prende el radio= préndelo
Imprime los documentos= imprímelos
Revisa la tarea= revísala

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

18. Negative Tú Commands ¿Lleno el tanque de gasolina?
No, lo llenes de gasolina.

19. Negative Tú Commands ¿Prendo la televisión? No, no la prendas.
¿Apago las computadoras?
No, las apagues

20. Reflexive affirmative “Tú” commands
In affirmative commands, reflexives are always attached to the end of the verb.
Note: an accent mark is necessary on the 3rd syllable of the verb, counting backwards, when a reflexive pronoun is attached to the end.

21. Reflexive affirmative “Tú” commands
Levantarse= se changes to te= Levántate
Bajarse= se changes to te= bájate
Subirse= se changes to te=súbete
Bañarse= se changes to te=báñate

22. Reflexive negative “Tú” commands
In negative commands, the reflexive goes before the verb.
Note: an accent mark is NOT necessary.

23. Reflexive negative “Tú” commands
Levantarse= se changes to te= no te levantes
Bajarse= se changes to te= no te bajes
Subirse= se changes to te=no te subas
Bañarse= se changes to te=no te bañes