Negative tú commands are used to tell someone (familiar) what NOT to do.

Negative tú commands are used to

tell someone (familiar) what NOT

to do.

To form negative tú commands, you have to go through

three steps.

#1 Start with the yo form of the

verb

comer como

#2 Take off the “o”

como com-

#3 Add the opposite “tú” ending.

For –ar verbs, add –es.For –er/-ir verbs add –

as.

com- comas

Don’t forget to add “no” to the beginning

of negative commands.

No comas... = Don’t eat...

doblar

no dobles

don’t turn!

comer

no comas

don’t eat!

escribir

no escribas

don’t write!

Don’t forget, you still have to stem-change if you are

using a stem-changing verb.

volver

no vuelvas

don’t return!

pedir

no pidas

don’t ask for! don’t order!

sentar

no sientes

don’t sit!

You also have to watch out for

verbs with irregular “yo”

forms.

tener

no tengas

don’t have!

poner

no pongas

don’t put!

seguir

no sigas

don’t continue!don’t follow!

decir

no digas

don’t say! don’t tell!

salir

no salgas

don’t leave! don’t go out!

hacer

no hagas

don’t make!don’t do!

venir

no vengas

don’t come!

There are 5 irregulars

• Dar – Des (don’t give)

• Estar – Estés (don’t be)

• Ir - vayas (don’t go)

• Saber – sepas (don’t know)

• Ser – seas (don’t be)

Page 321 Ex. 11

• For each number you are going to write a positive tu command and a negative.

• EX 1.

• Filma la escena otra vez

• No filmes la escena otra vez

Ex 12

• Look at the picture. Come up with a list of NEGATIVE commands from the word box.

• Example:

Mario – No juegues con el mircrófono!

Katie/Kayla

Remember:

• Usted Commands (we did before break) are formed by taking the verb in the Yo form and switching endings

• Tener – tenga or no tenga . You don’t have a difference between pos/neg like the Tu commands.

• Tu commands (what we are working on now)

• Positive – El/Ella form of the verb – no ending switch (lavar = lava = wash!_)

• Negative – Yo form of the verb – switch endings. (lavar = no lavas)

• It’s important to remember the Yo form for negative so you do the irregular YO’s correctly

• Also – only difference between Usted commands and Tu commands are the person you are talking to. Usted – formal/Tu - informal