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Informal Commands WALK! EAT! SLEEP!. In Spanish… When you tell somebody to do something you are giving them a command. It can be either positive (Do it!)

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1 Informal Commands WALK! EAT! SLEEP!

2 In Spanish… When you tell somebody to do something you are giving them a command. It can be either positive (Do it!) or negative (Don’t do it!) Positive Negative Sleep! Don’t sleep! Eat Don’t eat!

3 Tú Informal Commands Telling one person that you know well to do something. ¡Come! – EAT! ¡Camina!- WALK! ¡Duerme!- SLEEP!

4 Lets begin with the do’s (positive tú commands) To form the affirmative informal command of regular or stem-changing verbs, change the verb to the él, ella, usted form. How do I form a command in Spanish?

5 Prática Walk! Study! Recycle! Write! Run! Clean! Separate! Read! ¡Camina! ¡Estudia! ¡Recicla! ¡Escribe! ¡Corre! ¡Limpia! ¡Separa! ¡Lee!

6 Negative Commands Negative commands require a little more work. It will take 3 steps to change a verb to the negative command form.

7 Negative Commands To state the don’ts- negative (tú) commands 1.Conjugate the verb into the Yo form. 2.Change the ‘o’ ending to: - es for –ar verbs - as for –er and –ir verbs 3. Put ‘no’ in front of the verb. STATEMENTCOMMAND (tú) fumas¡No fumes! Don’t smoke! (tú) corres¡No corras! Don’t run! (tú) duermes¡No duermas! Don’t sleep!

8 Don’t talk!... -Verb hablar 1.Put hablar in the yo form = hablo 2.Drop the ‘o’ = habl -It is an –ar verb, so add –es= hables 3. Put ‘no’ in front of verb = no hables ¡No hables! Let’s work on negative commands…

9 Don’t run!... -Verb correr 1.Put correr in the yo form= corro 2. Drop the ‘o’ = corr -Correr is an –er verb, so add –as= corras 3. Put ‘no’ in front of the verb = no corras ¡No corras en la escuela! Let’s work on negative commands…

10 Don’t write! -Verb escribir 1.Put escribir in the yo form= ecribo 2.Drop the ‘o’ = escrib -Escribir is an –ir verb, so add –as= escribas 3. Put ‘no’ in front of the verb = no escribas ¡No escribas en el pupitre! Let’s work on negative commands…

11 Práctica Speak! Don’t speak! Eat! Don’t eat! Write! Don’t write! Ski! Don’t ski! ¡Habla! ¡No hables! ¡Come! ¡No comas! ¡Escribe! ¡No escribas! ¡Esquía! ¡No esquías!

12 Práctica Dance! Don’t dance! Sing! Don’t sing! Live! Don’t live! Swim! Don’t swim! ¡Baila! ¡No bailes! ¡Canta! ¡No cantes! ¡Vive! ¡No vivas! ¡Nada! ¡No nades!

13 Práctica Walk! Don’t walk! Run! Don’t run! Open! Don’t open! Cut! Don’t cut! ¡Camina! ¡No camines! ¡Corre! ¡No corras! ¡Abre! ¡No abras! ¡Corta! ¡No cortes!

14 Práctica Sleep! Don’t sleep! Watch! Don’t watch! ¡Duerme! ¡No duermas! ¡Mira! ¡No mires!


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