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1 Give your partner a command in English. Sit down! Stay there! Study more. Use your pencil. Don’t yell at me! Wait!

2 El Imperativo the command tense mandatos = commands

3 En inglés, usamos el mismo mandato para todos. “Excuse me, sir, please sit down.” “Sit down, would you?” “Class, everyone sit down.” “Let’s sit down.” …el verbo no cambia.

4 Pero en español… es más interesante. Habla con tu compañero: ¿Qué formas del imperativo ya saben?

5 El imperativo formal: Ud. y Uds. El imperativo de nosotros El imperativo informal: tú afirmativo negativo mirémonoslos uno por uno…

6 El imperativo formal: Ud. y Uds. Use formal commands when you are talking to someone you refer to as Ud., not tú. Or to a group, Uds.

7 El imperativo formal: Ud. y Uds. Escriba.=Write. (Ud.- you are talking to one person) Escriban.=Write. (Uds.- you are talking to a group) How do you say “Don’t write” to an Ud.? How do you say “Don’t write” to a group? No escriba. No escriban.

8 El imperativo formal: Ud. y Uds. Basic rule: Use the third person singular (Ud.) and plural (Uds.) of the present subjunctive. Remember the steps… 1.Present tense “yo” form 2.Drop the “o” 3.Opposite endings (-a,-an for ER/IR, -e,-en for AR)

9 El imperativo formal: Ud. y Uds. Hágalo.Do it. (Ud.) Háganlo.Do it. (Uds.) Póngaselo.Put it on. (Ud.) Pónganselo.Put it on. (Uds.) No lo miren.Don’t look at it. (Uds.) No me la traiga.Don’t bring it to me. (Ud.) Notice the placement of pronouns and accents…

10 El imperativo formal: Ud. y Uds. Hágalo.Do it. (Ud.) Háganlo.Do it. (Uds.) Póngaselo.Put it on. (Ud.) Pónganselo.Put it on. (Uds.) AAA: Affirmative Attach Accent applies to reflexive verbs, direct objects, indirect objects

11 El imperativo formal: Ud. y Uds. No lo miren.Don’t look at it. (Uds.) No me la traiga.Don’t bring it to me. (Ud.) For negative commands: Put it all in front

12 El imperativo formal: Ud. y Uds. dardé, den estaresté, estén irvaya, vayan sersea, sean sabersepa, sepan 5 IRREGULARS

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14 El imperativo de nosotros Use nosotros commands when you are talking to a group that includes you. In English we say, “Let’s _______.”

15 El imperativo de nosotros Let’s run!¡Corramos! Let’s wait.Esperemos. Let’s not eat.No comamos. Let’s not watch.No miremos. So what’s the basic rule for nosotros commands?

16 El imperativo de nosotros Use the first person plural form (a.ka. the nosotros form) of the present subjunctive. Remember the steps… 1.Present tense “yo” form 2.Drop the “o” 3.Opposite endings (-amos for ER/IR, -emos for AR)

17 El imperativo de nosotros Ir Vamos.Let’s go. No vayamos.Let’s not go. There’s always an exception to the rule…

18 El imperativo de nosotros As usual… Affirmative Attach Accent Ayudémosles.Let’s help them. Estudiémoslo.Let’s study it. What about pronouns and accents?

19 El imperativo de nosotros As usual… put them in front when it’s negative. No les hablemos.Let’s not talk to them. No las miremos.Let’s not watch them. What about pronouns and accents?

20 El imperativo de nosotros *TRICKY TRICKY* when you are attaching the pronouns “nos” or “se”… drop the final –s of the command before attaching. Examples: ¡Vámonos!Let’s go! Levantémonos.Let’s get up. Pidámoselo.Let’s order it for her. What about pronouns and accents?

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22 El imperativo informal: tú Use informal commands when you are talking to someone you refer to as tú.

23 El imperativo informal: tú afirmativo + Miren los ejemplos… Trae tu bolsa.Bring your purse. Toma un asiento.Take a seat. Escribe tu nombre.Write your name. So what’s the basic rule for informal affirmative commands?

24 El imperativo informal: tú afirmativo + Basic rule: Use the third person singular (él/ella/Ud.) of the present indicative. ------------ Come tu cena. Eat your dinner.

25 El imperativo informal: tú afirmativo + ponerpon tenerten venirven hacerhaz salirsal decirdi sersé irve 8 IRREGULARS

26 El imperativo informal: tú afirmativo + AAA: Affirmative Attach Accent applies to reflexive verbs, direct objects, indirect objects Siéntate.Sit down. Póntelo.Put it on. Escríbeme.Write me.

27 El imperativo informal: tú negativo - El afirmativo ≠ El negativo miren los ejemplos… No digas nada.Don’t say anything. No mires la televisión.Don’t watch TV. No pongas nada en la mesa.Don’t put anything on the table. So what’s the basic rule for informal negative commands?

28 El imperativo informal: tú negativo - Basic rule: Use the second person singular (tú) of the present subjunctive. Remember the steps… 1.Present tense “yo” form 2.Drop the “o” 3.Opposite endings (-as for ER/IR, -es for AR)

29 El imperativo informal: tú negativo - For negative commands: Put it all in front No lo mires.Don’t look at it. No me lo tires.Don’t throw it at me. No lo hagas.Don’t do it.

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