Negative tú commands Don’t run Don’t take drugs Don’t forget to do your homework Don’t cheat Don’t chew gum loud Don’t eat doughnuts Don’t drink my coffee.

Presentación del tema: "Negative tú commands Don’t run Don’t take drugs Don’t forget to do your homework Don’t cheat Don’t chew gum loud Don’t eat doughnuts Don’t drink my coffee."— Transcripción de la presentación:

1 Negative tú commands Don’t run Don’t take drugs Don’t forget to do your homework Don’t cheat Don’t chew gum loud Don’t eat doughnuts Don’t drink my coffee

2 Negative tú commands  Use a negative tú command to tell your friend or someone you know well what NOT to do. Don’t talk, Don’t run…  To form a negative tú command:  1. Put the verb in the yo form (duermo, pongo…)  2. Drop the –o  3. Add the opposite ending  -es for –AR verbs  -as for ER/IR verbs

3 1. Put the verb in the yo form 2. Drop the –o 3. Add the appropriate ending (opposite endings) -es for –AR verbs -as for ER/IR verbs hablar 1. hablo2. habl3. ¡no hables! venir 1. vengo2. veng3. ¡no vengas!

4 No lavar No laves

5 No bailar No bailes

6 No comer No comas

7 No poner No pongas

8 No dormir No duermas

9 No salir No salgas

10 No decir No digas

11 No hacer No hagas

12 No volver No vuelvas

13 No tener miedo No tengas miedo

14 Pronoun placement - negative  With NEGATIVE commands, a pronoun MUST be placed BEFORE the command! dormirse despertarse usar ¡No te duermas! ¡No te despiertes! ¡No lo uses! Don’t fall asleep! Don’t wake up! Don’t use it!

15 No levantarse No te levantes

16 No acostarse No te acuestes

17 No ducharse No te duches

18 No quitarse No te quites

19 ¡Irregulares!  Of course, there are some irregulars that you need to memorize:  dar (doy) to give →¡No des!  estar (estoy) to be →¡No estés!  ir (voy) to go →¡No vayas!  ser (soy) to be →¡No seas!  Saber (sé) to know→ ¡No sepas! *Notice that the yo form of all of these verbs ends in –oy, not –o.

20 No dar No des

21 No ser No seas

22 No estar No estés

23 No ir No vayas

24 Words that end in Car/Gar/Zar  have a spelling change in the ending

25 Car Verbs:   sacar (to take out)   practicar (to practice)   tocar (play an instrument)   pescar (to fish)   buscar (to look for)   placticar (to chat)   any other words in the future that end with car.   Change the ending from ces to ques   No saques, no practiques, no toques

26 Gar Verbs:   Llegar (to arrive)   Pagar (to pay)   Apagar (to turn off)   Jugar (to play)   any other words in the future that end with gar.   Change the ending from ges to gues   No llegues, no pagues, no apagues

27 Zar Verbs:   Almorzar (to eat lunch)   Empezar (to start)   Cazar (to hunt)   And any other words that end with Zar   Change the ending from zes to ces   No almuerces, no empieces

28 No placticar No plactiques

29 No buscar No busques

30 No pagar No pagues

31 No llegar No llegues

32 No almorzar No almuerces

33 No tocar No toques

34 No apagar No apagues

35 No empezar No empieces