1. Mandatos familiares Parte 3
Familiar Commands
Informal Commands
Tú Commands

2. ¿Qué son los mandatos? What is a command?
When you tell someone to do an action or not to do an action.
Commands are actions you tell someone to do now, in the PRESENT.
For example: Jump, don’t jump, talk, don’t talk, etc.
Commands are something you tell someone to do now, in the PRESENT.

3. Mandatos familiares -car,-gar,-zar
Commands can be afirmative,
Or they can be negative.
Commands can be familiar/informal(talking to tú) or formal(talking to usted).
Commands can also be irregular.
Not all commands follow the rules already learned.

4. Mandatos familiares -car,-gar,-zar
To form a negative familiar command (talking to tú) you follow three steps:
Conjugate the verb to the yo form
- tocar(to touch) yo toco(I touch)
2. Drop the –o from the verb.
- yo toco(I touch) toc
3. Now what happens? Usually:
-for -ar verbs add es, for -er/-ir add as.

5. Mandatos familiares -car,-gar,-zar
What happens if we follow the rule?
2. Drop the –o from the verb.
- yo toco(I touch) toc
3. Add opposite vowel.
-for -ar verbs add es, for -er/-ir add as.
Tocar No toces
How do you pronounce the following words?
cero, conocer, centro, hacer .
Based on these words, how would you pronounce the command No toces?

6. Mandatos familiares -car,-gar,-zar
In order to keep the sound of the original verb tocar, we must change the c to qu.
Tocar No toques
Now we have the same sound as before.

7. Vamos a practicar Change these –CAR verbs to negative commands. Sacar
Chocar
Practicar

8. Vamos a practicar Change these –CAR verbs to negative commands.
Sacar No saques
Chocar No choques
Practicar No practiques
Remember, the c changes to qu.
Don’t forget to put NO in front of the negative command.

9. Mandatos familiares irregulares
What happens if we follow the rule? (llegar)
2. Drop the –o from the verb.
- yo llego(I arrive) lleg
3. Add opposite vowel.
-for -ar verbs add es, for -er/-ir add as.
llegar No lleges
How do you pronounce the following words?
general, Argentina, Geraldo, Ángela.
Based on these words, how would you pronounce the command No lleges?

10. Mandatos familiares irregulares
In order to keep the sound of the original verb llegar, we must change the g to gu.
Llegar No llegues
Now we have the same sound as before.

11. Vamos a practicar Change these –GAR verbs to negative commands.
Jugar (ue)
Entregar
Regar (ie)

12. Vamos a practicar Change these –GAR verbs to negative commands.
Jugar (ue) No juegues
Entregar No entregues
Regar (ie) No riegues
Remember, g to gu then add es.
Don’t forget your NO in front of the negative command.

13. Mandatos familiares irregulares
Verbs ending in –ZAR.
For some reason these verbs also change, but it doesn’t have to do with sound.
The z changes to c.
Then add es.

14. Vamos a practicar Change these –ZAR verbs to negative commands.
Comenzar (ie)
Almorzar (ue)
Empezar (ie)

15. Vamos a practicar Change these –ZAR verbs to negative commands.
Comenzar (ie) No comiences
Almorzar (ue) No almuerces
Empezar (ie) No empieces
Remember, z to c then add es.
Don’t forget your NO in front of the negative command.

16. Mandatos familiares -car,-gar,-zar
Remember, for negatives you:
Form the yo,
Drop the “o”,
Opposite vowel.
For –CAR, -GAR, and –ZAR ending verbs you must make the spelling changes.
C to QU, G to GU, Z to C
Also, in order to make it negative you MUST put NO in front of the verb to say DON’T!

17. Vamos a practicar más Give a negative command based on the pictures.
Por ejemplo: No mires la televisión.

18. Vamos a practicar más Give a negative command based on the pictures.
Por ejemplo: No mires la televisión.

19. En parejas (In Pairs)
Make up a mini coversation with negative commands using –car, -gar, and -zar verbs.
Student 1: Say an activity that you are doing using the present progressive. Use vocabulary that you know.(Estoy tocando . . .)
Student 2: Using a negative command, tell student 1 not to do the activity he’s doing.(No toques . . .)
Switch roles.