Los Mandatos Informales

1. Los Mandatos Informales Español2

2. Review of positive commands… • Do you remember how to form positive, informal commands (telling someone what to do)? • Start with the “tú” form of the verb • Drop the ‘-s’ off of the ending

3. Irregular commands • The 7 irregular positive commands are: • Hacer (haz) • Ir (ve) • Poner (pon) • Salir (sal) • Ser (sé) • Tener (ten) • Venir (ven)

4. How would you say… • Eat healthy food. • Come comida sana. • Play soccer every day. • Juega al fútbol todos los días. • Put the fork on the table. • Pon el tenedor en la mesa. • Do your homework. • Haz la tarea.

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6. NEGATIVE COMMANDS • To tell someone what NOT to do, you should use negative, informal commands

7. Rules for formation: • For most AR verbs: • Start with the ‘yo’ form • Drop the final ‘o’ from the conjugated verb • Add an ‘es’ to the verb. • For example: “COMPRAR” • Start with the ‘yo’ form: compro • Drop the ‘o’: compr • Add an ‘es’: no compres

8. “SALIR” Start with ‘yo’ form: SALGO Drop the ‘o’: SALG Add an ‘as’: NO SALGAS “CORRER” Start with ‘yo’ form: CORRO Drop the ‘o’: CORR Add an ‘as’: NO CORRAS • For most IR and ER verbs: • Start with the ‘yo’ form • Drop the final ‘o’ from the conjugated verb • Add an ‘as’ to the verb.

9. IRREGULARS!! • There are only 3 verbs that you have to know have irregular negative commands: • Dar (to give)  no des • Ir (to go)  no vayas • Ser (to be)  no seas

10. PRACTICE!!! • Don’t eat a lot of fat. • No comas mucha grasa. • Don’t sleep late. • No duermas tarde. • Don’t smoke. • No fumes. • Don’t go to the party. • No vayas a la fiesta.