Informal Commands If you are giving a command to someone who is familiar to you (1 person, informal), use the informal tú commands.
Affirmative informal commands Formed the same way as the regular present tense él/ella/usted form: HabloHablamos Hablashablais *habla hablan ComoComemos ComesComeis *come comen Escriboescribimos EscribesEscribis *escribe escriben
Ejemplos : Habla más lentamente. Speak more slowly. Come la cena. Eat the dinner. Escribe la carta. Write the letter. Compra los libros. Buy the books.
The following eight verbs have irregular informal commands in the affirmative: decir – di hacer – haz poner - pon tener - ten salir - sal ser – sé ir - ve venir – ven
Negative informal commands 3 steps: 1.Yo form of the present tense. (hablo) 2.Drop the o (habl-) 3.Add the opposite vowel +s. (hables) AR verbs: Add –es ER/IR verbs: Add –as No hables. Do not speak.
Dont forget about verbs that have irregular yo forms! Here are a few examples: Tener – tengo – No tengas Poner – pongo – No Pongas Hacer – hago – No hagas Salir – salgo – No salgas Venir – vengo – No vengas Traer – traigo – No traigas Decir – digo – No digas Conducir – conduzco – No conduzcas
The following 5 verbs have irregular informal commands in the negative: Dar - No dés Estar - No estés Ir - No vayas Ser- No seas Saber - No sepas
Compare the affirmative informal (tú) commands with the negative informal (tú) commands: Affirmative Habla más lentamente. Come la cena. Escribe la carta. Negative No hables más lentamente. No comas la cena. No escribas la carta.
Practicamos! 1.Eat! -___________ 2.Dont eat! - 3.Speak! - 4.Dont speak! - 5.Study! - 6.Dont study!- 7.Go! - 8.Dont go! -
Practicamos! 1.Make!- 2.Dont make! - 3.Listen! - 4.Dont listen! - 5.Have!- 6.Dont have! -
Practicamos! 1.Come!- 2.Dont come! - 3.Give! - 4.Dont give! - 5. Read!- 6. Dont read! -______________