Affirmative Tú Commands

Affirmative T CommandsExpresate level 2 page 26

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 aduana.Aprende a regatear.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:

8 irregular Affirmative T CommandsHacer hazIr vePoner ponVenir venSalir - salSer - sTener - tenDecir - di

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 CommandsCmo se va a la carretera?Sal de aqu y sigue derecho hasta el tercer semforo.

Affirmative T CommandsRemember that pronouns can be attached to commands.You will also need an accent in most cases.

Affirmative T CommandsJosefina, hazlo ahora mismo!Martin, aydame.

Affirmative T CommandsDime la verdad siempreExplcale a tu padre por qu llegaste tarde.

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Negative T CommandsPage 26

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

Negative T CommandsSALIRNo salgas si ests enferma.

Negative T CommandsOFRECERNo les ofrezcas comida basura a tus amigos.

Negative T CommandsESCOGERNo escojas comida con mucha grasa.

Negative T CommandsNotice that -ar verbs take the ending -es and that -er 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

Negative T CommandsRemember that pronouns are attached to affirmative commands.

Negative T CommandsIf 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.

Negative T CommandsPico las cebollas?S, pcalas.

Negative T CommandsWith negative commands, pronouns always go right before the verb.

Negative T CommandsPico los tomates tambin?No, no los piques.

Pratica los mandatos afirmativo y negative con t hablar habla / no hables escribir escribe / no escribas comer come / no comas hacer haz / no hagas

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