1. Los Mandatos Informales
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2. Review of positive commands…
Do you remember how to form positive, informal commands (telling someone what to do)?
Start with the “tú” form of the verb
Drop the ‘-s’ off of the ending

3. Irregular commands The 7 irregular positive commands are: Hacer (haz)
Ir (ve)
Poner (pon)
Salir (sal)
Ser (sé)
Tener (ten)
Venir (ven)

4. How would you say… Eat healthy food. Play soccer every day.
Come comida sana.
Play soccer every day.
Juega al fútbol todos los días.
Put the fork on the table.
Pon el tenedor en la mesa.
Do your homework.
Haz la tarea.

5. NEW STUFF!!!!

6. NEGATIVE COMMANDS
To tell someone what NOT to do, you should use negative, informal commands

7. Rules for formation: For most AR verbs: For example: “COMPRAR”
Start with the ‘yo’ form
Drop the final ‘o’ from the conjugated verb
Add an ‘es’ to the verb.
For example: “COMPRAR”
Start with the ‘yo’ form: compro
Drop the ‘o’: compr
Add an ‘es’: no compres

8. For most IR and ER verbs: Start with the ‘yo’ form
Drop the final ‘o’ from the conjugated verb
Add an ‘as’ to the verb.
“SALIR”
Start with ‘yo’ form: SALGO
Drop the ‘o’: SALG
Add an ‘as’: NO SALGAS
“CORRER”
Start with ‘yo’ form: CORRO
Drop the ‘o’: CORR
Add an ‘as’: NO CORRAS

9. IRREGULARS!!
There are only 3 verbs that you have to know have irregular negative commands:
Dar (to give)  no des
Ir (to go)  no vayas
Ser (to be)  no seas

10. PRACTICE!!! Don’t eat a lot of fat. Don’t sleep late. Don’t smoke.
No comas mucha grasa.
Don’t sleep late.
No duermas tarde.
Don’t smoke.
No fumes.
Don’t go to the party.
No vayas a la fiesta.