1. Mandatos informales

2. Informal Commands
To give a command in Spanish, you must first decide whether you wish to use an informal (tú) or formal (usted) command. In this lesson we will focus on informal commands since they are considered to be friendlier.
Secondly, you must be aware of whether you are giving a positive or negative command since each has a different conjugation.
For example;
Catch (positive) = ¡Agarra!
Don’t Catch (negative) = ¡No agarres!

3. Positive Informal Command
Positive Informal Commands
Conjugating a positive informal command is very easy. The conjugation is the same as the present tense usted form of the verb. (Yes, the tú command uses an usted conjugation!) Here are some examples >
Verb
Positive Informal Command
Tomar
¡Toma!
Traer
¡Trae!
Hablar
¡Habla!
Tirar
¡Tira!
Beber
¡Bebe!
Vivir
¡Vive!

4. Irregulars The following verbs have irregular command forms: Verb
Positive Form
To put
Pon
To come
Ven
To go Ve
To be Sé
To have
Ten
To do, to make
Haz
To leave
Sal
To say, to tell Di

5. Negative Informal Commands
Conjugating a negative informal command is a little more complicated. Here are the steps;
Conjugate the verb in the present tense yo form.
Remove the “o”.
Add “es” to –AR verbs or “as” to –ER & -IR verbs.

6. Negative Informal Command
Here are some examples;
Verb
Yo form minus the “O”
Negative Informal Command
Tomar
Tom-
¡No tomes!
Traer
Traig-
¡No traigas!
Hablar
Habl-
¡No hables!
Contar
Cuent-
¡No cuentes!
Beber
Beb-
¡No bebas!
Conocer
Conozc-
¡No conozcas!
Notice that any stem changes or spelling changes in the yo form remain in the command form.

7. Irregulars The following verbs have irregular command forms: Verb
Positive Form
Negative Form
To put
Pon
No pongas (regular)
To come
Ven
No vengas (regular)
To go Ve
No vayas
To be Sé
No seas
To have
Ten
No tengas (regular)
To do, to make
Haz
No hagas (regular)
To leave
Sal
No salgas (regular)
To say, to tell Di
No digas (regular)

8. Now you try it! On a piece of paper, or in your head, conjugate the following and then click for the correct answer. Note: do not use tú when giving a command.
Ask! (Preguntar)
Study! (Estudiar)
Run! (Correr)
Write! (Escribir)
¡Pregunta!
¡Estudia!
¡Corre!
¡Escribe!

9. Good, now try some negatives!
Don’t ask! (Preguntar)
Don’t run! (Correr)
Don’t return! (Volver o>ue)
Don’t come! (Venir)
¡No preguntes!
¡No corras!
¡No vuelvas!
¡No vengas!

10. Fin