Informal Commands WALK SLEEP EAT In Spanish When

In Spanish… • When we want to tell a friend to do something we

Positive Commands • Lets begin with the do’s (positive tú commands) To state the

Let’s work on positive commands… • Open the window!… – Verb Abrir • Put

Let’s work on positive commands… • Speak now!. . . - Verb hablar -

Let’s work on positive commands… • Drink water!. . . - Verb beber -

Irregular Informal Affirmative Commands Just Remember “Vin Disel”

Ven Di Sal Haz Ten Ve Pon Sé • • Ven - venir -

Pronouns with + tú Commands • If there is a pronoun: – Put the

Negative Tú Commands • To state the don’ts- negative (tú) commands To form: (1)

Let’s work on negative commands… • Don’t eat pizza!. . . - Verb comer

Let’s work on negative commands… • Don’t open the door!. . . - Verb

Let’s work on negative commands… • Don’t drink soda!. . . - Verb beber

Irregular - commands • Totally Irregular: – Ir - ¡ No vayas! - Don’t

-gar, -car, and -zar verbs There are several verbs that change spelling when made

Prouns with negative “tú” commands • Place the pronoun before the command (or conjugated

Let’s work on negative commands… Don’t arrive late! ¡No llegues tarde! Don’t touch the

Te toca a ti… Eat more fruit! ¡Come más frutas! Sleep 8 hours a

Te toca a ti… Don’t run in the house! ¡No corras en casa! Don’t

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Informal Commands WALK! SLEEP! EAT!

In Spanish… • When we want to tell a friend to do something we use informal (tú) commands… • ¡Come! – EAT! • ¡Camina!- WALK! • ¡Duerme!- SLEEP! What looks familiar about these endings?

Positive Commands • Lets begin with the do’s (positive tú commands) To state the do’s of regular or stem-changing verbs: (1) Start with the “tú” form in the present tense (2) drop the –s ending off the “tú” form of the verb. (3) Add ¡ ! To the beginning and end STATEMENT COMMAND (tú) hablas ¡habla! Talk! (tú) comes ¡Come! Eat! (tú) duermes ¡Duerme! Sleep!

Let’s work on positive commands… • Open the window!… – Verb Abrir • Put it in the tú form = tú abres • Drop the –s = abre ¡Abre la ventana!

Let’s work on positive commands… • Speak now!. . . - Verb hablar - Put hablar in the tú form= hablas - Drop the –s = habla ¡Habla ahora!

Let’s work on positive commands… • Drink water!. . . - Verb beber - Put beber in the tú form= bebes - Drop the –s = bebe ¡Bebe agua!

Irregular Informal Affirmative Commands Just Remember “Vin Disel”

Ven Di Sal Haz Ten Ve Pon Sé • • Ven - venir - “Come” Di - decir- “Say” Sal- salir- “Go out, Leave” Haz- hacer- “Do, Make” Ten- tener- “Have” Ve- ir- “Go” Pon- poner- “put” Sé- ser- “be”

Pronouns with + tú Commands • If there is a pronoun: – Put the junk in the trunk: attatch it to the command • ¡Come la manzana! ¡Cómela! – When a command is more than two syllables, we change the spelling and the sound when we attach the pronoun. So add an accent to third syllable from the end. • ¡Ponlo! ¡Límpiala! ¡Pásala! ¡Hazlo!

Negative Tú Commands • To state the don’ts- negative (tú) commands To form: (1) Start with the “yo” form in the present tense: bailo (2) Drop the “o” bail (3) Add opposite “tú” from endings bailes (1) Switch the –as ending to –es (2) Switch the –es endings to –as (4) Add “No” in front of the command No bailes (5) Add ¡ ! In the front and the back ¡No bailes! STATEMENT COMMAND (yo) tomo ¡No tomes! Don’t drink (yo) corro ¡No corras! Don’t run! (yo) duermo ¡No duermas! Don’t sleep! (yo) hago ¡No hagas! Don’t make

Let’s work on negative commands… • Don’t eat pizza!. . . - Verb comer - Put comer in the yo form= como - Drop the “o” - Change the –es to –as= comas ¡No comas la pizza!

Let’s work on negative commands… • Don’t open the door!. . . - Verb abrir - Put abrir in the yo form= abro - Drop the “o” - Change the –es to –as= abras ¡No abras la puerta!

Let’s work on negative commands… • Don’t drink soda!. . . - Verb beber - Put beber in the “yo” form= bebo - Drop the “o” - Change the –es to –as= bebas ¡No bebas los refrescos!

Irregular - commands • Totally Irregular: – Ir - ¡ No vayas! - Don’t go! – Ser- ¡ No seas!- Don’t be! – Estar- ¡No estes!- Don’t be! • Irregular Yo: If it’s irregular in the present tense, it will be irregular in negative commands – Stem changers: • Dormir - duermo- ¡No duermas! • Pedir- pido- ¡No pidas! • Cerrar- cierro- ¡No cierras! – Go Verbs: • Hacer - hago - ¡No hagas! • Tener- tengo - ¡ No tengas!

-gar, -car, and -zar verbs There are several verbs that change spelling when made into negative commands to keep their sound… 1. Verbs ending in -gar like: 1. Jugar- ¡No juegues! - g changes to gue to keep the hard g sound 2. Verbs ending in –car like Practicar - ¡No practiques! -c changes to a que to keep the hard k sound 3. Verbs ending in -zar like: empezar - ¡No empieces! - z changes to ce to keep the hard s sound

Prouns with negative “tú” commands • Place the pronoun before the command (or conjugated verb) and after the “NO” Ejemplo: Don’t eat them! (las papas fritas) ¡ No las comas! Don’t read it! (el libro) ¡No lo leas!

Let’s work on negative commands… Don’t arrive late! ¡No llegues tarde! Don’t touch the piano! -Verb tocar in tú form = tocas -Change –as to –es and remember the spelling change!= toques ¡No toques el piano!

Te toca a ti… Eat more fruit! ¡Come más frutas! Sleep 8 hours a day! ¡Duerme ocho horas al día!

Te toca a ti… Don’t run in the house! ¡No corras en casa! Don’t open the book! ¡No abras el libro!