Affirmative / Negative Tú Commands

Affirmative / Negative T Commands

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Affirmative T Commands

Affirmative T CommandsYou already know how to give affirmative commands to someone you address as t.You take the 3rd person form of the verb.

Affirmative T CommandsPasa por la calle.Aprende a cocinar.Escribe tarjetas postales.

Affirmative T CommandsSome verbs have irregular affirmative t commands.To form many of these commands, take the yo form of the present tense and drop the -go:

Affirmative T CommandsPoner (Infinitive)Yo form?PongoCommand form?Pon

Affirmative T CommandsTener (Infinitive)Yo form?TengoCommand form?Ten

Affirmative T CommandsDecir (Infinitive)Yo form?DigoCommand form?Di

Affirmative T CommandsSalir (Infinitive)Yo form?SalgoCommand form?Sal

Affirmative T CommandsVenir (Infinitive)Yo form?VengoCommand form?Ven

Affirmative T CommandsHacer, Ser, and Ir have irregular t command forms that must be memorized:haz, s, ve

Affirmative T CommandsVe a la tienda!Go to the store!Di la verdad!Tell the truth!

Negative T Commands

Negative T CommandsTo form negative t commands with regular verbs, we drop the o of the present-tense yo form and add the following endings:

Negative T CommandsHABLARhablohablesNo hables ahora

Negative T CommandsCOMERcomocomasNo comas eso.

Negative T CommandsABRIRabroabrasNo abras esa puerta.

Negative T CommandsNotice that -ar verbs take the ending -es and that er/-ir verbs take the ending -as.In stem-changing verbs the stem change remains.

Negative T CommandsNo enciendas el horno.No aadas demasiado sal.No pongas los camarones en la sartn todava.

Negative T CommandsVerbs ending in -car, -gar, and -zar have the following spelling changes in negative t commands in order to maintain the original sound.

Negative T CommandsTOCARtocotoquesNo toques el piano.-car (cqu)

Negative T CommandsLLEGARllegolleguesNo llegues tarde.-gar (ggu)

Negative T CommandsCRUZARcruzocrucesNo cruces aqu.-zar (zc)

Negative T CommandsSome verbs, such as ir, ser, dar, and estar have irregular negative t command forms.

Negative T CommandsDarEstarIrSerNo desNo estsNo vayasNo seas