1. AFFIRMATIVE TÚ COMMANDS

2. Remember: What types of people can you address as “tú”? 1. Friends 2. Family 3. Younger people To tell these people to do something, use an informal COMMAND.

3. To form the “TÚ COMMAND”, 1. Conjugate the verb to match the “tú” form 2. Drop the final “-S” (tú) hablar  hablas  (tú) comer  comes  (tú) abrir  abres  habla come abre

4. You will change e  ie, o  ue, and e  i in commands dormir (o  ue): duermes  vestir (e  i): vistes  calentar (e  ie): calientas  duerme viste calienta

5. IRREGULAR COMMANDS: HacerTo make/doHAZ IrTo goVE PonerTo put/placePON SerTo beSÉ TenerTo haveTEN VenirTo comeVEN DecirTo tell/sayDI SalirTo go out/leaveSAL

6. NEGATIVE TÚ COMMANDS

7. You will use negative commands to tell informal people what NOT to do. There are 3 easy steps to conjugate a NEGATIVE TÚ COMMAND:

8. Step 1: Conjugate the verb into the “YO” form Comer  no __________como Salir  no _________salgo Hablar  no ________hablo

9. Step 2: Drop the final “-o” Comer  no __________com Salir  no ___________salg Hablar  no ________habl

10. Step 3: For –ar verbs add: -ES For –er/-ir verbs add: - AS Comer  no _________ comas Salir  no __________ salgas Hablar  no ________ hables

11. Verbs that end in –CAR, -GAR, and –ZAR make some changes. -CAR  QU No tocar  no toces  no toques

12. Verbs that end in –CAR, -GAR, and –ZAR make some changes. -GAR  GU No jugar  no jueges  no juegues

13. Verbs that end in –CAR, -GAR, and –ZAR make some changes. -ZAR  C No empezar  no empiezes  no empieces

14. IRREGULAR NEGATIVE COMMANDS: DARTo giveNO DES IRTo goNO VAYAS SERTo beNO SEAS