Affirmative Tú Commands 1 Affirmative Commands When you tell someone to do something, you are giving an affirmative command. This is also called the.

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2 Affirmative Tú Commands 1

3 Affirmative Commands When you tell someone to do something, you are giving an affirmative command. This is also called the imperative form of a verb. 2

4 Affirmative Commands Here are some affirmative commands you might give to a person you address as tú: Pablo, lava el coche. Linda, come las verduras. Carlos, escribe una carta a tus abuelos. 3

5 Affirmative Commands Notice that command forms are usually the same forms that we use for él / ella / Ud. in the present tense. 4

6 Affirmative Commands If a verb has a stem change, the command form will have the stem change as well. seguir (e i) Sigue derecho hasta el tercer semáforo. 5

7 Affirmative Commands Some verbs have irregular affirmative tú commands. To form many of these commands, take the yo form of the present tense and drop the –go. 6

8 Affirmative Commands InfinitiveYo formCommand PonerPongoPon TenerTengoTen DecirDigoDi VenirVengoVen SalirSalgoSal Irregular commands 7

9 Affirmative Commands Some examples of irregular affirmative commands: Isabel, pon los libros allí. Javier, ten cuidado en la calle. Ramón, di la verdad. Diego, ven aquí, por favor. Laura, sal de la tienda. 8

10 Affirmative Commands Hacer, Ser, and Ir have irregular tú command forms that must be memorized: InfinitiveCommand HacerHaz SerSé IrVe 9

11 Affirmative Commands Some examples of hacer, ser, and ir commands: Miguel, haz tu cama. Sarita, sé buena. Beto, ve a la farmacia, por favor. 10