Regular Commands

1. Regular Commands R. Turnage Spanish Tutorials R. Turnage Spanish 2008

2. How to Conjugate • Take the verb • Take off the ending • Add the new ending according to the pronoun Hablar Hablar R. Turnage Spanish 2008

3. The Tú Form With –AR verbs With –ER and –IR verbs R. Turnage Spanish 2008

4. The Usted Form With –AR verbs With –IR/-ER verbs R. Turnage Spanish 2008

5. The Ustedes Form With –AR verbs With –IR/ER verbs R. Turnage Spanish 2008

6. The Nosotros Form With –AR verbs With –ER/IR verbs R. Turnage Spanish 2008

7. Putting in Sense R. Turnage Spanish Tutorials R. Turnage Spanish 2008

8. Remembering the Usted vs. Tú Form • In the –AR conjugation, • The tú form uses just the a, but in the negative uses the opposite –ER/IR conjugation “es” • The usted form uses the opposite “e” for both parts • In the –ER/IR conjugation, • The tú form uses just the e, but in the negative uses the opposite –AR conjugation “as” • The usted form uses the opposite “a” for both parts R. Turnage Spanish 2008

9. Remembering the Ustedvs. Tú Form (cont’d) • The difference: • With the tú forms, use the common letter of that verb type without the s. In the negative use the opposite letter type with the s. • Ex: Hablar; common letter: a; Hablara • Result: Habla • With the ustedforms, use the common letter of the opposite conjugation for both forms. • Ex: Hablar; common letter (of ER/IR): e; Hablar e • Result: Hable R. Turnage Spanish 2008

10. The Ustedes and Nosotros Forms • With the Ustedesform, just add an “n” to the conjugated Ustedform • With the Nosotrosform, just take the regular present tense and change to the other form’s common letter • Ex: NosotroshablamosHablemos • The negative stays the same. Ex: No hablemos • Remember that the translation for the Nosotrosform is “Let’s __” R. Turnage Spanish 2008

11. All Conjugations • The following chart shows all imperative conjugations: R. Turnage Spanish 2008

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