Los Mandatos Informales

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Review of positive commands…

Do you remember how to form positive, informal commands (telling someone what to do)?

– Start with the “tú” form of the verb

– Drop the ‘-s’ off of the ending

Irregular commands The 7 irregular positive commands

are: Hacer (haz) Ir (ve) Poner (pon) Salir (sal) Ser (sé) Tener (ten) Venir (ven)

¿Cómo se dice…? Eat healthy food.

– Come comida sana. Play soccer every day.

– Juega al fútbol todos los días. Put the fork on the table.

– Pon el tenedor en la mesa. Do your homework.

– Haz la tarea.

NEW STUFF!!!!

NEGATIVE COMMANDS To tell someone what NOT to do,

you should use negative, informal commands

Rule for formation: No = Yo – O Do not forget what you

owe!

Rules for formation: For AR verbs:

– Start with the ‘yo’ form– Drop the final ‘o’ from the conjugated

verb– Add an ‘es’ to the verb.

For example: “COMPRAR”–Compro– compr– no compres

“SALIR”– SALGO– SALG– NO

SALGAS

“CORRER”– CORRO– CORR– NO

CORRAS

For ER and IR verbs:

•Same process, but add an ‘as’ to the verb.

IRREGULARS!! There are only 3 verbs that are

irregular as negative commands:

–Dar (to give) no des– Ir (to go) no vayas–Ser (to be) no seas

PRACTICE!!! Don’t eat a lot of fat.

– No comas mucha grasa. Don’t sleep late.

– No duermas tarde. Don’t smoke.

– No fumes. Don’t go to the party.

– No vayas a la fiesta.

Object and reflexive pronouns with negative

commandsPronouns can be attached to positive

commands:Levántate y búscalo. (Get up and look

for it.)

But, Pronouns must be in front of a negative command:

No te levantes y no lo compres. (Don´t get up and don´t buy it.)