Mandatos informales. ¡Informal Commands! To give a command in Spanish, you must first decide whether you wish to use an informal (tú) or formal (usted)

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1 Mandatos informales

2 ¡Informal Commands! To give a command in Spanish, you must first decide whether you wish to use an informal (tú) or formal (usted) command. In this lesson we will focus on informal commands since they are considered to be friendlier. Secondly, you must be aware of whether you are giving a positive or negative command since each has a different conjugation. For example; Catch (positive) = ¡Agarra! Don’t Catch (negative) = ¡No agarres!

3 Formal vs. Informal Commands Formal commands are used in situations when you want to express respect to someone or you want to be really polite. –Abuelitos –Padres –Los mayores –Gente que no conoces –Etc. Informal commands are used with people you feel really comfortable with and you have a close relationship with. –Amigos –Primos –Gente que conoces muy bien. –Etc.

4 VerbPositive Informal Command Tomar¡Toma! Traer¡Trae! Hablar¡Habla! Tirar¡Tira! Beber¡Bebe! Vivir¡Vive! Positive Informal Commands Affirmative tú commands Use the 3 rd person singular of the verb in the present tense Be sure to follow all stem-changing rules. Ejemplos: Abre tu libro. Cierra la puerta. Habla con tu hermano. Juega al baloncesto. Busca tus llaves.

5 ¡Te toca a ti! ¿Cuáles son los mandatos de los siguientes verbos? Comer – Mirar - Bailar – ver - Estudiar – vivir - Aprender – llevar - Agarrar - pintar – Volver - Jugar -

6 OJO : Irregulares The following verbs have irregular command forms: VerbPositive FormVerbo en español To putPonPoner To comeVenVenir To goVeIr To beSéSer To haveTenTener To do, to makeHazHacer To leaveSalSalir To say, to tellDiDecir

7 1.Conjugate the verb in the present tense yo form. 2.Remove the “o”. 3.Add “es” to –AR verbs or “as” to –ER & -IR verbs. Conjugating a negative informal command is a little more complicated. Here are the steps; Negative Informal Commands

8 Here are some examples; VerbYo form minus the “O” Negative Informal Command TomarTom-¡No tomes! TraerTraig-¡No traigas! HablarHabl-¡No hables! ContarCuent-¡No cuentes! BeberBeb-¡No bebas! ConocerConozc-¡No conozcas! Notice that any stem changes or spelling changes in the yo form remain in the command form.

9 Irregulars The following verbs have irregular command forms: VerbPositive FormNegative Form To putPonNo pongas (regular) To comeVenNo vengas (regular) To goVeNo vayas To beSéNo seas To haveTenNo tengas (regular) To do, to makeHazNo hagas (regular) To leaveSalNo salgas (regular) To say, to tellDiNo digas (regular)

10 Now you try it! On a piece of paper, or in your head, conjugate the following and then click for the correct answer. Note: do not use tú when giving a command. Ask! (Preguntar) Study! (Estudiar) Run! (Correr) Write! (Escribir) ¡Pregunta! ¡Estudia! ¡Corre! ¡Escribe!

11 Good, now try some negatives! Don’t ask! (Preguntar) Don’t run! (Correr) Don’t return! (Volver o>ue) Don’t come! (Venir) ¡No preguntes! ¡No corras! ¡No vuelvas! ¡No vengas!

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