Affirmative and Negative Informal Commands

(Mandatos en la forma de túAfirmativos y negativos)

When you tell someone to do something, you are giving an

affirmative command.

Here are some affirmative commands you might give to a

person you address as tú:

Affirmative Commands

• Linda, saca la basura.

• Pablo, apaga las luces por favor.

• Cristóbol, sirve la cena ahora.

Affirmative Commands

• Notice that command forms are usually the same forms that we use for él / ella / Ud. in the present tense.

Affirmative Commands

• correr corre

• estudiar estudia

• escribir escribe

• bajar de peso baja de peso

• practicar practica

Affirmative Commands

• Stem changing verbs keep their stem change in the command form.

• Just use the Ud. él and ella form of the PRESENT TENSE!

Affirmative Commands

• jugar juega

• mover mueve

• empezar empieza

• servir sirve

• dormir duerme

Affirmative Commands

• Certain verbs, like salir, tener, venir, poner, ir, decir hacer, and ser, have irregular command forms.

Irregular Affirmative commands• Sal - Salir• Ten - Tener• Ven - Venir• Pon - Poner• Ve - Ir• Di - Decir• Haz - Hacer• Sé - ser

IrregularAffirmative Commands

• Miguel, haz tu cama.• Elena, di lo que piensas.• Isabel, pon los libros en la

mesa.• Pepe, sé bueno. ¡No corras!

Negative Tú Commands

• To form the NEGATIVE tú commands ( DON’T….)

•Go to the “yo” form… abrir abro•Drop the “o” abr•Add the OPPOSITE ending NO abras la puerta

Negative Tú Commands

• escribir

• (Yo) escribo

• Drop the “o” escrib

• Switch the ending

• ¡No escribas malas palabras!

Negative Tú Commands

• tener

•(yo) tengo

•Drop the “o” - teng•Switch the ending - •¡No tengas miedo!

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.

Negative Tú Commands

TOCAR

toco toqu es

No toques el piano.

-car (c…qu)

Negative Tú Commands

LLEGAR

llego llegu es

No llegues tarde.

-gar (g…gu)

Negative Tú Commands

CRUZAR

cruzo cruc es

No cruces aquí.

-zar (z…c)

Negative Tú Commands

• Verbs whose present-tense yo form ends in -go:

Negative Tú Commands

• caerse

• decir

• hacer

• poner

• salir

• tener

• traer

Negative Tú Commands

• All of these verbs form their negative tú commands according to the regular rule.

Negative Tú Commands• No pongas la maleta sobre el

asiento.• No hagas ruido en el avion.• No le digas eso a la euxiliar de

vuelo• No salgas de tu asiento.

Negative Tú Commands

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

Negative Tú Commands

• No vayas al bosque por la noche.

• No seas tímido. Pide lo que necesitas.

• No estés triste.

• No des la tarea a la profesora.

Placement of Object Pronouns with Placement of Object Pronouns with CommandsCommands

1. If it is the object of an affirmative command, then attach it to the endend of the command. ( watch for accents)

ie...Cómelolo. (Eat it.)

Think: AA….. Think: AA….. ADJECTIVE….ADJECTIVE….ATTACHATTACH ! !

Placement of Object Pronouns with Placement of Object Pronouns with CommandsCommands

2. If it is the object of a negativenegative command, then place it in frontin front of the command.

ie...No lo lo comas. (Don’t eat it.)

ExamplesExamples1.Open your Spanish book.

2. Go to the school.

3. Listen please.

4. Eat all the vegetables.

5. Wash yourself now.

1. Abre tu libro de español.

2. Ve al colegio.

3. Escucha, por favor.

4. Come todas las legumbres.

5. Lávate ahora.

ExamplesExamples1.Don’t open your Spanish book.

2. Don’t go to the school.

3. Don’t listen please.

4. Don’t eat all the vegetables.

5. Don’t wash yourself now.

1. No abras tu libro de español.

2. No vayas al colegio.

3. No escuches, por favor.

4. No Comas todas los vegetales.

5. No te laves ahora.

QuestionsQuestions 1. Name one irregular affirmative

command.2. What tense are affirmative commands conjugated in?3. How many irregular verbs are there?4. What is the command for... Listen!

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