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IMPERATIVE (a request or a command). INFORMAL/FAMILIAR = FIRST NAME BASIS RELATIONSHIP AFFIRMATIVE = POSITIVE REQUEST: DO IT! NEGATIVE= NEGATIVE REQUEST: DON’T DO IT!. HABLAR = TO TALK TALK! DON’T TALK! COMER = TO EAT EAT! DON’T EAT! ESCRIBIR WRITE! DON’T WRITE!.
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IMPERATIVE (a request or a command) INFORMAL/FAMILIAR = FIRST NAME BASIS RELATIONSHIP AFFIRMATIVE = POSITIVE REQUEST: DO IT! NEGATIVE= NEGATIVE REQUEST: DON’T DO IT! • HABLAR = TO TALK • TALK! DON’T TALK! • COMER = TO EAT • EAT! DON’T EAT! • ESCRIBIR • WRITE! DON’T WRITE!
IMPERATIVE FAMILIAR FORMULAS • FOR THE AFFIRMATIVE FORMS, • FIND THE ‘TU’ FORM IN PRESENT TENSE, • DROM THE ‘S’ • YOU’RE DONE • FOR THE NEGATIVE FORMS, • FIND THE ‘YO’ FORM IN THE PRESENT TENSE, • DROP THE ‘O,’ • ADD –ES FOR ALL –AR VERBS, • ADD –AS FOR ALL –ER/IR VERBS
IMPERATIVE • HABLAR = TO TALK • HABLA NO HABLES • COMER = TO EAT • COME NO COMAS • ESCRIBIR • ESCRIBE NO ESCRIBAS