1. Affirmative Tú Commands
Unidad 5 Lección 2
Michaelson

2. 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

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

4. 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.

5. 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?

6. 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!

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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)

11. 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’!

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