Repaso: Los mandatos informales Informal Commands Español 3
When you want to tell someone what to do: You need to be able to make a command. In English, a command is when you tell someone, “Sit down.”, “Don’t smoke.”, etc.
To make an informal (tú) positive command in Spanish: For regular commands: Take the tú form. Drop the “s”. For example: Hablas►habla Comes►come Duermes►duerme You may notice this is the same as the 3rd person singular form (él/ella/usted)
Práctica 1. Sleep now! ¡Duerme ahora!
2. Speak! ¡Habla!
Irregular positive“tú” commands: Unfortunately, there is a list! They correspond to verbs that have an irregular “yo” form:
There is a pattern: Ten Ven Pon Sal Haz Di Sé Ve Tener (tengo) Venir (vengo) Poner (pongo) Salir (salgo) Hacer (hago) Decir (digo) Ser (soy) Ir (voy)
Luckily, there is also a song: It goes to the tune of “Hava Nagila”, the Jewish wedding song. Remember from Wedding Crashers? The words are: Ten Ven Pon Sal Haz Repeat Di Sé Ve
Now for negative “tú” commands: There are a couple of easy rules: Take the “yo” Drop the “o” Add the opposite ending. Put a “no” in front and an “s” at the end. (The opposite ending is an “e” for –ar verbs and and “a” for –er & –ir verbs.
Por ejemplo Comer►como► Com► Coma► ¡ No comas! Asistir ►asisto► Asist► Asista► ¡No asistas! Hablar►hablo► Habl► Hable► ¡No hables!
A couple of notes: Relajarse► Relaja► ¡Relájate! When the command is positive, and the verb is reflexive, the reflexive pronoun is placed at the end, hanging on to the command. First conjugate the verb into a command, then put the pronoun at the end. Relajarse► Relaja► ¡Relájate!
For negative commands with reflexives: The reflexive pronoun goes BEFORE the conjugated verb. Relajarse► Relajo► Relaj► Relaje► No relajes…and finally: ¡No te relajes!
Más práctica 3. Don’t smoke! ¡No fumes!
4. Relax! ¡Relájate!
5. Take care of yourself! 5. ¡CuÍdate!
6. Alleviate stress! 6. ¡Alevia el estrés!
7. Don’t live a hectic life! 7. ¡No lleves una vida agitada!
8. Take things calmly! 8. ¡Toma las cosas con calma!