1 Affirmative Tú Commands Expresate level 2 page 26

2 Affirmative Tú Commands n You already know how to give affirmative commands to someone you address as tú. n You take the 3rd person form of the verb.

3 Affirmative Tú Commands n Pasa por la aduana. n Aprende a regatear. n Escribe tarjetas postales.

4 Affirmative Tú Commands n Some verbs have irregular affirmative tú commands. n To form many of these commands, take the yo form of the present tense and drop the -go:

5 8 irregular Affirmative Tú Commands n Hacer – haz n Ir – ve n Poner – pon n Venir – ven n Salir - sal n Ser - sé n Tener - ten n Decir - di

6 Affirmative Tú Commands n Poner (Infinitive) n Yo form? n Pongo n Command form? n Pon

7 Affirmative Tú Commands n Tener (Infinitive) n Yo form? n Tengo n Command form? n Ten

8 Affirmative Tú Commands n Decir (Infinitive) n Yo form? n Digo n Command form? n Di

9 Affirmative Tú Commands n Salir (Infinitive) n Yo form? n Salgo n Command form? n Sal

10 Affirmative Tú Commands n Venir (Infinitive) n Yo form? n Vengo n Command form? n Ven

11 Affirmative Tú Commands n Hacer, Ser, and Ir have irregular tú command forms that must be memorized: n haz, sé, ve

12 Affirmative Tú Commands n ¿Cómo se va a la carretera? n Sal de aquí y sigue derecho hasta el tercer semáforo.

13 Affirmative Tú Commands n Remember that pronouns can be attached to commands. n You will also need an accent in most cases.

14 Affirmative Tú Commands n Josefina, ¡hazlo ahora mismo! n Martin, ayúdame.

15 Affirmative Tú Commands n Dime la verdad siempre n Explícale a tu padre por qué llegaste tarde.

16 Affirmative Tú Commands El Efin

17 Negative Tú Commands Page 26

18 Negative Tú Commands n To form negative tú commands with regular verbs, we drop the o of the present-tense yo form and add the following endings:

19 Negative Tú Commands HABLAR hablo habl es No hables ahora

20 Negative Tú Commands COMER como com as No comas eso.

21 Negative Tú Commands ABRIR abro abr as No abras esa puerta.

22 Negative Tú Commands n The same rule applies to verbs whose present tense yo form ends in –go, -zco, -yo, and –jo.

23 Negative Tú Commands n SALIR n No salgas si estás enferma.

24 Negative Tú Commands n OFRECER n No les ofrezcas comida basura a tus amigos.

25 Negative Tú Commands n ESCOGER n No escojas comida con mucha grasa.

26 Negative Tú Commands n Notice that -ar verbs take the ending -es and that -er verbs take the ending -as. n In stem-changing verbs the stem change remains.

27 Negative Tú Commands n No enciendas el horno. n No añadas demasiado sal. n No pongas los camarones en la sartén todavía.

28 Negative Tú Commands n Verbs ending in -car, -gar, and -zar have the following spelling changes in negative tú commands in order to maintain the original sound.

29 Negative Tú Commands TOCAR tocotoques No toques el piano. -car (c…qu)

30 Negative Tú Commands LLEGAR llegollegues No llegues tarde. -gar (g…gu)

31 Negative Tú Commands CRUZAR cruzocruces No cruces aquí. -zar (z…c)

32 Negative Tú Commands n Some verbs, such as ir, ser, dar, and estar have irregular negative tú command forms.

33 Negative Tú Commands n Dar n Estar n Ir n Ser n No des n No estés n No vayas n No seas

34 Negative Tú Commands n Remember that pronouns are attached to affirmative commands.

35 Negative Tú Commands n If the pronoun is added to a command form that has two or more syllables, write an accent mark on the syllable stressed in the present tense.

36 Negative Tú Commands n ¿Pico las cebollas? n Sí, pícalas.

37 Negative Tú Commands n With negative commands, pronouns always go right before the verb.

38 Negative Tú Commands n ¿Pico los tomates también? n No, no los piques.

39 Pratica los mandatos afirmativo y negative con tú n hablar habla / no hables n escribir escribe / no escribas n comer come / no comas n hacer haz / no hagas

40 El fin