1. Affirmative Informal Commands
Unidad 3

2. Affirmative Informal Commands
To tell someone you address as tú to do something, you will use an affirmative informal command.

3. Affirmative Informal Commands
To form the affirmative informal command of regular or stem changing verbs, just drop the final s off the end of the tú form of the verb.

4. Affirmative Informal Commands
Infinitive form of the verb
Tú form of the verb
Affirmative Informal Command
Hablas
You speak
Habla
Speak
Hablar
To speak
Come
eat
Comer
To eat
Comes
You eat
Pedir
To ask for
Pides
You ask for
Pide
Ask for

5. Irregular Affirmative Informal Commands
Some verbs have irregular affirmative informal command forms.
You will have to memorize these command forms.

6. Irregular Affirmative Informal Commands
Infinitive form of the verb
Affirmative Informal Command
tener – to have
ten - have
venir – to come
ven - come
poner – to put
pon - put
ir – to go
ve - go
ser – to be
sé - be
hacer – to do, make
haz – do, make
salir – to leave, go out
sal – leave, out

7. Affirmative Informal Commands
Here are some verbs you might use to ask someone to help you with chores.
They all have regular command forms.
Note that calentar is an e to ie stem changing verb.
abrir – to open cortar – to cut
calentar* – to heat up mezclar – to mix
sacar – to take out añadir – to add

8. Ejemplos come habla pide haz pon lava ten ve saca abre
Make affirmative informal commands for each of the sentences below. Use the verb in parenthesis.
1. _______ las zanahorias. (comer)
2. _______ conmigo. (hablar)
3. _______ los sándwiches. (pedir)
4. _______ tu tarea. (hacer)
5. _______ la mesa. (poner)
6. _______ los platos. (lavar)
7. _______ cuidado. (tener)
8. _______ al cine con tus amigos. (ir)
9. _______ la basura. (sacar)
10. _______ la puerta. (abrir)
come
habla
pide
haz
pon
lava
ten ve
saca
abre

9. Practica – page 214
Activity 30: Graciela is helping her brother prepare a fruit salad. Complete the sentences with the correct affirmative informal command, use the verbs in parenthesis.
Activity 31: Give your friend advice on how to get good grades in school. Write complete sentences. Then translate each command.
Activity 32: Tell your younger brother/sister to do the chores. Use affirmative formal commands.
Use these phrases for help:
poner la mesa
sacar la basura
pasar la aspiradora
arreglar la sala
cortar el césped
hacer la cama

10. Exit slip 1. Who do you use informal affirmative commands with?
2. How do you form them?
3. Give the affirmative informal command form of the following verbs: comer, dibujar, escribir