Affirmative Tú Commands

1. Affirmative Tú Commands Unidad 5 Lección 2 Michaelson

2. Affirmative Tú Commands • English Grammar Connection: In both Spanish and English, _________________are used to tell someone to do something. In Spanish, commands are expressed as a ______________ of the verb. The tú command is used to give an order to a child, animal or someone you know well (anyone that you would use the tú form with when speaking) commands form Take a minute to answer the three questions in your notes

3. affirmative tú commands • Did you know…You already know how to form tú commands?? • To form a regular command: • Túaffirmative command : It is the same form as third person singular of the present tense (él, ella, ud.) of that verb.

4. affirmative tú commands To state an affirmative (tú) command of most verbs, Conjugate for third person singular. Verb 3rd person Command Translation caminarcamina¡Camina!  Walk! comer  come ¡Come!  Eat! dormirduerme¡Duerme! Sleep! What shows the difference between the conjugation in the present tense and the command form of the verb?

5. Affirmative Tú Commands Write the following verbs as affirmative tú commands. ¡corre! corre to run traer trae ¡trae! ¡limpia! to clean limpia

6. irregular tú commands • There are a few positive tú commands that are irregular. You will have to memorize them, as there isn’t a pattern to follow. The following verbs have irregular tú commands Infinitive Positive Command hacer ________________ poner ________________ tener ________________ ir ________________ ser ________________ venir ________________ salir ________________ decir ________________ haz pon ten ve sé ven sal di

7. irregular tú commands • even though these 8 verbs have irregular commands that you will need to memorize, there is a sentence that you can remember that will help you with them. • All you need to know is “ Vin Diesel Has ten weapons”… but you must say it with a Russian accent Ven di salhaz ten veponsé

8. tú commands and Dopns • If you use an affirmative command with a D.O.P.N., _______________________ to the _________ of the _______________. You must add an accent when you attach a pronoun to a command of two or more syllables to retain the original stress. • Ej: Cierra la ventana. Ciérrala Close the window Close it. • (Accent because there are more than two syllables in cierra) Ponla mesa ahora. →Ponla Set the table now Set it now. (No accent because Pon only has one syllable) end command attach it

9. acabar de • When you want to say something just happened, you use the verb phrase _____________________________. • Ej: Acabamos de terminar la tarea. • We just finished the homework. acabar de + infinitive Don’t forget you need to conjugate ‘acabar’!