Affirmative Tú Commands Realidades 2: 3B. Tú commands are actually very easy to form. But the big thing to remember is that affirmative commands are very.

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1 Affirmative Tú Commands Realidades 2: 3B

2 Tú commands are actually very easy to form. But the big thing to remember is that affirmative commands are very different from negative commands. Affirmative Commands A tú affirmative command is just the 3 rd person singular indicative form of the verb: hablo hablamos como comemos vivo vivimos hablas habláis comes coméis vives vivís habla hablan come comen vive viven hablacomevive

3 So to form an affirmative command, just go to the 3 rd person singular...... except for the irregulars: salirsalponerpon decirdihacerhaz serséirve venirventenerten salirsalgo (-GO)sal venirvengo (-GO)ven ponerpongo (-GO)pon tenertengo (-GO)ten decirdigo (-GO)di To form many of these commands, take the YO form of the present tense and drop the –GO.

4 Learn this mnemonic… Vin Diesel has ten weapons, eh? Vin = Ven Die= Di sel = sal Has = haz Ten = ten Wea = ve pon = pon s, eh= sé “ven di sal haz ten ve pon sé”

5 y una cosa más… Did you remember that the yo present tense conjugation of saber is sé? Now you also know that the affirmative tú command for ser is also sé. So, how do we tell which one is which? The context of the sentence will do that. Yo sé el alfabeto en español (saber = I know). I know the alphabet in Spanish. Sé bueno con tus abuelos. (ser = you be). You be good with your grandparents (a command a parent might give to a child).

6 Write the affirmative tú command. cerrar____________________________ leer____________________________ conocer____________________________ poner____________________________ volver____________________________ ver____________________________ dormir____________________________ escribir____________________________ venir____________________________ tomar____________________________ decir____________________________ buscar____________________________ almorzar____________________________ pedir____________________________ hacer____________________________

7 Click here to go to a brief practice exercise.here