DON’T TALK! MANDATOS DON’T WALK! STOP! GO! LISTEN! Informal Commands

AFFIRMATIVE COMMANDS

How do we do this in ENGLISH? AFFIRMATIVE: (telling someone to do something) We use the second person singular form of a verb (the “you” form) Examples: Go! Walk! Listen! How do we do this in ENGLISH?

How do we do this in ENGLISH? Basically, instead of saying it as a statement: You go to the store. Drop the “you” and just say the verb! You go to the store.  Go to the store. You feed the dog  Feed the dog. How do we do this in ENGLISH?

NOW IN SPANISH…

How do we do this in SPANISH? AFFIRMATIVE: (telling someone to do something) We use the second person singular form of a verb (the “tú” form) also! Tú form Drop the -s Examples: caminar  caminas  camina How do we do this in SPANISH?

escuchar comer escuchas  escucha probar escribir comes  come lavar Write the affirmative command: escuchar comer probar escribir lavar PRACTICE! escuchas  escucha comes  come pruebas  prueba escribes  escribe lavas  lava

PRACTICE! Write the affirmative command: Take out the trash! Wash the dishes! Clean the bathroom! PRACTICE! ¡Saca la basura! ¡Lava los platos! ¡Limpia el baño!

tener – to have TEN venir – to come VEN poner – to put PON ir – to go VE ser – to be SÉ hacer – to do/make HAZ salir – to go out SAL decir – to say/tell DI IRREGULAR VERBS

“Vin Diesel has ten weapons, eh?” A little trick to help you remember…. “Vin Diesel has ten weapons, eh?” IRREGULAR VERBS ven di sal haz ten ve pon sé

Commands with DOPs Don’t eat it! Wash them! Feed her! Try them! Write it!

Affirmative Attach it to the end of the command Examples: Comer el sándwich  Lavar los platos  Sacar la basura  Pedir la sopa  Affirmative Cómelo Lávalos Sácala Pídela

Accent Marks áéíóú Do I need accent marks? How do I know where to put them? If the command…. has a DOP attached to the end 3+ syllables long …then you add an accent to the second to last syllable of the verb. Example: Lavalos (Wash them) DOP attached? Yes 3+ syllables? Yes Lávalos Accent Marks áéíóú second to last syllable last syllable

Serve them! (los refrescos) ¡Mézclala! Write the affirmative command: Mix it! (la ensalada) Heat it up! (la pizza) Serve them! (los refrescos) PRACTICE! ¡Mézclala! ¡Caliéntala! ¡Sírvelos!

Add it to the pizza! (the sauce) Open them! (the books) Write the affirmative command: Add it to the pizza! (the sauce) Open them! (the books) Ask for it! (the fork) MORE PRACTICE! ¡Añádela a la pizza! ¡Ábrelos! ¡Pídelo!

NEGATIVE COMMANDS

How do we do this in ENGLISH? NEGATIVE: (telling someone NOT to do something) DON’T + affirmative command Examples: Don’t walk! Don’t laugh! Don’t sit! How do we do this in ENGLISH?

How do we do this in SPANISH? NEGATIVE: (telling someone to do something) We use the first person singular form of a verb (the “yo” form) Write “no” Yo form of verb Drop the –o Add the opposite ending -ar verbs  add –es -er/ir verbs  add –as Examples: caminar  camino  camines ¡No camines! (Don’t walk!) abrir  abro  abras ¡No abras el libro! (Don’t open the book!) How do we do this in SPANISH?

escuchar comer probar escribir lavar PRACTICE! Write the negative command: escuchar comer probar escribir lavar PRACTICE! escucho  escuches  no escuches como  comes  no comas pruebo  pruebes  no pruebes escribo  escribas  no escribas lavo  laves  no laves

Don’t clean the bathroom! ¡No cocines los tacos! Write the negative command: Don’t cook the tacos! Don’t wash the dishes! Don’t clean the bathroom! PRACTICE! ¡No cocines los tacos! ¡No laves los platos! ¡No limpies el baño!

Where do we put the DOP? BETWEEN “no” and the verb No cocines los tacos  No los cocines No limpies el baño  No lo limpies No comas la fruta  No la comas Where do we put the DOP?

No escribas las respuestas! No sirvas el postre! ¡No la pidas! Write the negative command with a DOP: No pidas la sopa! No escribas las respuestas! No sirvas el postre! PRACTICE! ¡No la pidas! ¡No las escribas! ¡No lo sirvas!

dar (to give) no des ir (to go) no vayas saber (to know) no sepas ver (to see) no veas ser no seas estar no estés IRREGULAR VERBS

If the verb …the command ends in… will end in: -car -ques tocar no toques -zar -ces cruzar no cruces -gar -gues jugar no juegues MORE IRREGULAR VERBS