Negative T Commands P 356 Realidades 2 Negative

Negative Tú Commands P. 356 Realidades 2

Negative Tú Commands 8 To form negative tú commands with regular verbs, we drop the o of the presenttense yo form and add the following endings:

Negative Tú Commands HABLAR hablo No hables ahora habl es

Negative Tú Commands COMER como No comas eso. com as

Negative Tú Commands ABRIR abro abr No abras esa puerta. as

Negative Tú Commands 8 Notice that -ar verbs take the ending -es and that -er verbs take the ending -as. 8 In stem-changing verbs the stem change remains.

Negative Tú Commands 8 No enciendas el horno. 8 No añadas demasiado sal. 8 No pongas los camarones en la sartén todavía.

Negative Tú Commands 8 Verbs ending in -car, -gar, and -zar have the following spelling changes in negative tú commands in order to maintain the original sound.

Negative Tú Commands -car (c…qu) TOCAR toco toqu No toques el piano. es

Negative Tú Commands -gar (g…gu) LLEGAR llego llegu No llegues tarde. es

Negative Tú Commands -zar (z…c) CRUZAR cruzo cruc No cruces aquí. es

Negative Tú Commands 8 Some verbs, such as ir, ser, dar, and estar have irregular negative tú command forms.

Negative Tú Commands 8 Dar 8 Estar 8 Ir 8 Ser 8 No des 8 No estés 8 No vayas 8 No seas

Negative Tú Commands 8 Remember that pronouns are attached to affirmative commands.

Negative Tú Commands 8 If the pronoun is added to a command form that has two or more syllables, write an accent mark on the syllable stressed in the present tense.

Negative Tú Commands 8¿Pico las cebollas? 8 Sí, pícalas.

Negative Tú Commands 8 With negative commands, pronouns always go right before the verb.

Negative Tú Commands 8¿Pico los tomates también? 8 No, no los piques.