1. Gramática 1.2 Affirmative Informal Commands Negative Informal Commands
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2. Affirmative Informal (Tú) Commands
Notes
You will copy the following notes on page 47 of your INB.
The title for this section will be:
Affirmative Informal (Tú) Commands
If you run out of room, get a loose leaf-paper and continue your notes there.

3. Commands 47
A command tells a person or group of people what to do or what not to do.
An affirmative command tells someone what to do.
An informal (or tú) command is used when you
are talking to one person AND
you would normally address him/her with tú

4. Forming commands To form an affirmative tú command:47
To form an affirmative tú command:
Conjugate the verb in the tú form and
Drop the “s”

5. bailar - to dance Bailas. - You dance. ¡Baila! - Dance! comer - to eat47
bailar - to dance
Bailas. - You dance.
¡Baila! - Dance!
comer - to eat
Tú comes. - You eat.
¡Come! - Eat!

6. What would happen with stem-changers?47
escribir - to write
Escribes. - You write
¡Escribe! - Write!
pensar - to think
Piensas. - You think.
¡Piensa! - Think!

7. Affirmative Commands Practice46
Turn the following infinitives into an affirmative tú command and translate. Write the Spanish command, then the English meaning of the command.
estudiar ______________________
leer ______________________
bailar ______________________
hablar ______________________
ayudar ______________________
comprar ______________________
cocinar ______________________
pagar ______________________
comer ______________________
beber ______________________
correr ______________________
vivir ______________________
asistir ______________________
B. Turn the following infinitives into an affirmative tú command and translate. Write the Spanish command, then the English meaning of the command.
pensar __________________
cerrar __________________
volver __________________
contar __________________
dormir __________________
pedir __________________
servir __________________

8. Affirmative Commands Practice46
Turn the following infinitives into an affirmative tú command and translate. Write the Spanish command, then the English meaning of the command.
estudiar estudia – study
leer lee – read
bailar baila – dance
hablar habla – talk
ayudar ayuda – help
comprar compra – buy
cocinar cocina – cook
pagar paga – buy
comer come – eat
beber bebe – drink
correr corre – run
vivir vive – live
asistir asiste – attend
B. Turn the following infinitives into an affirmative tú command and translate. Write the Spanish command, then the English meaning of the command.
Pensar piensa – think
cerrar cierra – close
volver vuelve – return
contar cuenta – count
dormir duerme – sleep
pedir pide – ask
servir sirve – serve

9. Irregular affirmative tú commands47
Venir  ven (come)
Decir  di (say/tell)
Salir  sal (leave)
Hacer  haz (make)
Tener  ten (have)
Ir  ve (go)
Poner  pon (put)
Ser  sé (be)

10. An easy way to remember is…47
Vin Diesel has ten weapons.
Yo, I got ten weapons.
Venir  ven (come)
Decir  di (say/tell)
Salir  sal (leave)
Hacer  haz (make)
Tener  ten (have)
Ir  ve (go)
Poner  pon (put)
Ser  sé (be)

11. Irregular Affirmative Commands Practice46
Irregular Affirmative Commands Practice
C. Write the following sentences in Spanish using commands:
Put the salad on the table!
Be careful!
Make a sandwich!
Leave now!
Be nice!

12. Irregular Affirmative Commands Practice46
Irregular Affirmative Commands Practice
C. Write the following sentences in Spanish using commands:
Put the salad on the table! ¡Pon la ensalada en la mesa!
Be careful! ¡Sé cuidado!
Make a sandwich! ¡Haz un sándwich!
Leave now! ¡Sal ahora!
Be nice! ¡Sé simpático!

13. Negative Informal (Tú) Commands
Notes
You will copy the following notes on page 49 of your INB.
The title for this section will be:
Negative Informal (Tú) Commands
If you run out of room, get a loose leaf-paper and continue your notes there.

14. How would you define a negative command?49
A negative command tells someone what NOT to do.
A negative informal command is used when you are telling someone you would address with tú what not to do.

15. To form a negative tú command…49
Put no before the verb.
Start with the yo form of the verb.
Drop the “o”
For –ar verbs: add -es
For –er and –ir verbs: add -as
These are the opposite endings!

16. To form a negative tú command…
Negative Command Rap –
Put it in the “yo” form,
Drop the “-o,”
Add the opposite ending,
And your ready to go.

17. For example… bailar bailo  bail-  no bailes (Don’t dance!)49
bailar bailo  bail-  no bailes (Don’t dance!)
comer como  no comas (Don’t eat!)
abrir  abro  no abras (Don’t open!)

18. Negative Commands Practice48
Negative Commands Practice
D. Write the NEGATIVE command for each, then write what the command means in English.
Hablar
Correr
Interrumpir
Patinar
Escribir

19. Negative Commands Practice48
Negative Commands Practice
D. Write the NEGATIVE command for each, then write what the command means in English.
Hablar – ¡No hables! Don’t talk!
Correr – ¡No corras! Don’t run!
Interrumpir – ¡No interrumpas! Don’t interrupt!
Patinar – ¡No patines! Don’t skate!
Escribir – ¡No escribas! Don’t‘ write!

20. We need to be careful with what type of verb!49
Irregular yo forms!
No poner la mesa
pongo  pong-
¡No pongas la mesa! (Don’t set the table!)

21. Irregular commands 49
There are irregular commands for both affirmative and negative commands.
The verbs that are irregular for affirmative and negative are not all the same.

22. Irregular Negative Tú Command49
These irregulars are different
Ser  no seas (Don’t be!)
Ir  no vayas (Don’t go!)
Dar  no des (Don’t give!)
Estar  no estés (Don’t be!)
Saber  no sepas (Don’t know!*)
Think SIDES

23. Negative Commands Practice48
Negative Commands Practice
E. Write the negative command for each verb!
no estudiar ______________________
no leer ______________________
no tener ______________________
no salir ______________________
no ayudar ______________________
no comprar ______________________
no dormir ______________________
no decir ______________________
no pensar ______________________
no beber ______________________
no correr ______________________
no hacer ______________________
no asistir ______________________

24. Negative Commands Practice48
Negative Commands Practice
E. Write the negative command for each verb!
no estudiar ¡No estudies!
no leer ¡No leas!
no tener ¡No tengas!
no salir ¡No salgas!
no ayudar ¡No ayudes!
no comprar ¡No compres!
no dormir ¡No duermas!
no decir ¡No digas!
no pensar ¡No pienses!
no beber ¡No bebas!
no correr ¡No corras!
no hacer ¡No hagas!
no asistir ¡No asistas!

25. Spelling changes 49
Verbs that end in -car , -gar or -zar have a spelling change in the negative tú command.
Can you figure out why?

26. Pronounce the following words to yourself49
calor
cena
queque
calor (k) vs. cena (s) vs. queque (k)
so c qu
This change happens in the NEGATIVE tú command for verbs that end in –car
Sacar  no saques la basura (Don’t take out the trash!)
Why only in the negative tú command?

27. Pronounce the following words to yourself49
gato gente Aguilar gato (g) vs. gente (h) vs. Aguilar (g) so g gu No pagar  no pagues (Don’t pay!) Again this happens in the negative (not affirmative) tú command.

28. For verbs that end in –zar z c49
For verbs that end in –zar
z c
No empezar  no empieces (Don’t start!)