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Negative Tú Commands. Negative Tú Commands. To form negative tú commands with regular verbs, we drop the o of the present-tense yo form and add the following endings:. Negative Tú Commands. HABLAR. es. habl. hablo. No hables ahora. Negative Tú Commands. COMER. as. com. como.
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Negative Tú Commands • To form negative tú commands with regular verbs, we drop the o of the present-tense yo form and add the following endings:
Negative Tú Commands HABLAR es habl hablo No hables ahora
Negative Tú Commands COMER as com como No comas eso.
Negative Tú Commands ABRIR as abr abro No abras esa puerta.
Negative Tú Commands • The same rule applies to verbs whose present tense yo form ends in –go, -zco, -yo, and –jo.
Negative Tú Commands • SALIR • No salgas si estás enferma.
Negative Tú Commands • OFRECER • No les ofrezcas comida basura a tus amigos.
Negative Tú Commands • ESCOGER • No escojas comida con mucha grasa.
Negative Tú Commands • Notice that -ar verbs take the ending -es and that -er verbs take the ending -as. • In stem-changing verbs the stem change remains.
Negative Tú Commands • No enciendas el horno. • No añadas demasiado sal. • No pongas los camarones en la sartén todavía.
Negative Tú Commands • 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 es No toques el piano.
Negative Tú Commands -gar (g…gu) LLEGAR llego llegu es No llegues tarde.
Negative Tú Commands -zar (z…c) CRUZAR cruzo cruc es No cruces aquí.
Negative Tú Commands • Some verbs, such as ir, ser, dar, and estar have irregular negative tú command forms.
Negative Tú Commands • No des • No estés • No vayas • No seas • Dar • Estar • Ir • Ser
Negative Tú Commands • Remember that pronouns are attached to affirmative commands.
Negative Tú Commands • 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 • ¿Pico las cebollas? • Sí, pícalas.
Negative Tú Commands • With negative commands, pronouns always go right before the verb.
Negative Tú Commands • ¿Pico los tomates también? • No, no los piques.