Affirmative T Commands

Affirmative T CommandsUnidad 5 Leccin 2MichaelsonAffirmative T CommandsEnglish 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 t command is used to give an order to a child, animal or someone you know well (anyone that you would use the t form with when speaking)

commandsformTake a minute to answer the three questions in your notesaffirmative t commands Did you knowYou already know how to form t commands??

affirmative t commands To form a regular command:T affirmative command : It is the same form as third person singular of the present tense (l, ella, ud.) of that verb.

affirmative t commandsTo state an affirmative (t) command of most verbs,Conjugate for third person singular.Verb3rd personCommandTranslation caminarcamina Camina!Walk! comercome Come!Eat! dormir duermeDuerme!Sleep!

What shows the difference between the conjugation in the present tense and the command form of the verb?Affirmative T Commandsverbo en inglsverbo en espaolUd.-form of verbmandato afirmativocorrer2. To bring3.limpiarWrite the following verbs as affirmative t commands.

to runto cleantraercorrecorre!traetrae!limpialimpia!irregular t commandsThere are a few positive t commands that are irregular. You will have to memorize them, as there isnt a pattern to follow.

The following verbs have irregular t commandsInfinitivePositive Commandhacer________________poner________________tener________________ir________________ser________________venir________________salir________________decir________________

hazpontenvedisalvensirregular t commandsAll you need to know is - Vin Diesel Has ten weapons

Ven di sal haz ten ve pon st commands and DopnsIf 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 endcommandEjemploCierra la ventana. Cirrala Close the window Close it. (Accent because there are more than two syllables in cierra)Pon la mesa ahora. PonlaSet the table now Set it now. (No accent because Pon only has one syllable)

acabar deWhen you want to say something just happened, you use the verb phrase _____________________________.

acabar de + infinitiveDont forget you need to conjugate acabar!Acabar deacaboacabamosacabasacabisacabaAcabanEj: Acabamos de terminar la tarea.We just finished the homework.