Irregular Tú Commands Affirmative Tú Commands You already know how to give affirmative commands to someone you address as tú: You take the 3rd person.

Irregular 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. Comer = come!

Negative T CommandsYou remember that in order to give a negative command, we have 3 steps.1. Put the verb in the yo form2. Change the o ending to -as for er and ir verbs-es for ar verbs 3. Put no in front of the verb.

Negative T CommandsExamples: HablarComer EscribirHabloComo EscriboHablesComas EscribasNo hablesNo comas No escribas

Irregular T CommandsIn Spanish, some verbs have irregular commands.

We will begin with verbs that are regular in the positive form, but become irregular when made negative.

Irregular T CommandsVerbs that end with car, -gar, zar - car - gar -zarpracticar jugar empezartocar pagarcomenzarbuscarsacarThe negative command form of these verbs is irregular.

For verbs ending in CARIn the negative form, these verbs will end with QUES

The c changes to que to maintain the k sound.

Example: !No toques!

For verbs ending in -GARIn the negative form, these verbs will end in GUES

It is spelled with gu instead of g to keep the hard g sound.

Example: No juegues!

For verbs ending in -ZARIn the negative form, these verbs will end with CES

The z changes to c to give a harder sound.

Eample: !No empieces!

More Irregular CommandsThere are some verbs that are irregular in the positive form, the negative form, or both. For the following verbs, you will have to memorize the commands.

Irregular T Commands

VerbDefinition PositiveNegativeVenir to comeVen No vengasDecir to say; to tellDi No digasSalir to leaveSal No salgasHacer to do; to makeHaz No hagasTener to haveTen No tengasIr to goVe No vayasPoner to put; to placePon No pongasSer to be SNo seas

A Way to Remember CommandsVenDiSalHazTenVePonS

Helpful HintIf you take a look at the list of irregular verbs, you will notice that a number of them are yo-go verbs. These are verbs that in the present tense, yo form, end in go.

venir = vengotener = tengo decir = digoponer = pongosalir = salgo

Helpful HintsFor all the yo-go verbs (except hacer) you will notice that the positive command form is the yo form, minus the go.

Venir = vengo = venDecir = digo = diSalir = salgo = salTener = tengo = tenPoner = pongo = pon

Negative Form of yo-go VerbsThe yo-go verbs form the negative command the same way a regular verb is formed. Remember, first conjugate the verb in the yo form!

Example: hacer1. hagohagasNo hagas

Verbs to Keep an Eye on!Both ser and ir are irregular in the positive and negative command forms.

Ser = s (for a positive command)Ser = no seas (for a negative command)

Ir = ve (for a positive command)Ir = no vayas (for a negative command)