Mandatos Affirmative Positive Commands An informal command is

Mandatos + (Affirmative (Positive) Commands) An informal command is used to give direction or orders to friends, children or those in a lesser position. Informal commands in Spanish are used with the people you address as tú or vosotros.

How do we form a positive (affirmative) tú command? one step = too easy use the present tense ‘usted’ form

Practicamos … tú Talk more slowly. Habla (Hablar) _______ más lentamente. Eat the dinner. Come (Comer) _______ la cena. Clean your room. Limpia tu cuarto. (Limpiar) _______ Think of me. Piensa en mi. (Pensar) _______

Mandatos + tú (Affirmative (Positive) Tú Commands) There are 8 Irregular Verbs: decir hacer ir poner salir ser tener venir di _____ haz _____ ve _____ pon _____ sal _____ sé _____ ten _____ ven _____ Tell ! Do ! Go ! Put ! Leave ! Be ! Have ! Come !

Practicamos … tú … Affirmative Only Do your homework. Haz (Hacer) _______ tu tarea. Put the book here. Pon (Poner) _______ el libro aquí. Come with me. Ven (Venir) _______ conmigo. Go away. (Irse) Vete _______.

¿Qué más? Vosotros … plural informal commands The "vosotros" verb forms are primarily used in Spain, and are not, by and large, used in the Latin American countries. The affirmative vosotros command is formed by replacing the final "r" of the infinitive with "d. " Huh? Can I see what that looks like please? ?

How do we form a positive (affirmative) vosotros command? Ya’ll come. (venir) → Venid. Ya’ll eat. (comer) → Comed. Ya’ll write. (escribir) → Escribid.

Can we review all the command forms? Help! --tú usted nosotros vosotros ustedes Ayudar ayuda (present tense ud. ) ayude (yo, drop “o”, add opposites) ayudemos (yo, drop “o”, add opposites) (infinitive, drop “r”, add “d”) ayudad (yo, drop “o”, add opposites) ayuden

Repasemos más… Listen! --tú usted nosotros vosotros ustedes Escuchar escucha escuchemos escuchad escuchen (present tense ud. ) (yo, drop “o”, add opposites) (infinitive, drop “r”, add “d”) (yo, drop “o”, add opposites)

Repasemos un verbo irregular… Put! --tú usted nosotros vosotros ustedes Poner pongamos poned pongan (*irregular*) (yo, drop “o”, add opposites) (infinitive, drop “r”, add “d”) (yo, drop “o”, add opposites)

Repasemos otro verbo irregular… Go! --tú usted nosotros vosotros ustedes Ir ve vayamos id vayan (*irregular*) (infinitive, drop “r”, add “d”) (*irregular*)