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

2. AFFIRMATIVE COMMANDS

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. NOW IN SPANISH…

6. 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?

7. 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

8. 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!

9. 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

10. “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

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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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!

15. 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!

16. NEGATIVE COMMANDS

17. 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?

18. 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?

19. 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

20. 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!

21. 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?

22. 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!

23. 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

24. 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