1. Page 122 – Chapter 3 Realidades 3
Negative Tú Commands
Page 122 – Chapter 3 Realidades 3

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 eso.

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

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The same rule applies to verbs whose present tense yo form ends in –go, -zco, -yo, and –jo.

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SALIR
No salgas si estás enferma.

8. Negative Tú Commands OFRECER
No les ofrezcas comida basura a tus amigos.

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ESCOGER
No escojas comida con mucha grasa.

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Notice that -ar verbs take the ending -es and that -er verbs take the ending -as.
In stem-changing verbs the stem change remains.

11. Negative Tú Commands No enciendas el horno. No añadas demasiado sal.
No pongas los camarones en la sartén todavía.

12. 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.

13. Negative Tú Commands -car (c…qu) TOCAR toco toqu es
No toques el piano.

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

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-zar (z…c)
CRUZAR
cruzo
cruc es
No cruces aquí.

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Some verbs, such as ir, ser, dar, and estar have irregular negative tú command forms.

17. Negative Tú Commands
Dar
Estar Ir
Ser
No des
No estés
No vayas
No seas

18. Negative Tú Commands
Remember that pronouns are attached to affirmative commands.

19. Negative 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 in the present tense.

20. Negative Tú Commands
¿Pico las cebollas?
Sí, pícalas.

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

22. Negative Tú Commands
¿Pico los tomates también?
No, no los piques.