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Learn how to form and use affirmative and negative commands in Spanish with clear explanations, examples, and practice exercises. Includes irregular verbs, adding object pronouns, and accent marks.
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DON’T TALK! MANDATOS DON’T WALK! STOP! GO! LISTEN! Informal Commands
AFFIRMATIVE: (telling someone to do something) • We use the second person singular form of a verb (the “you” form) • Examples: • Go! • Walk! • Listen! How do we do this in ENGLISH?
Basically, instead of saying it as a statement: • You go to the store. • Drop the “you” and just say the verb! • You go to the store. Go to the store. • You feed the dog Feed the dog. How do we do this in ENGLISH?
AFFIRMATIVE: (telling someone to do something) • We use the second person singular form of a verb (the “tú” form) also! • Tú form • Drop the -s • Examples: • caminar caminas camina How do we do this in SPANISH?
Write the affirmative command: • escuchar • comer • probar • escribir • lavar PRACTICE! escuchas escucha comes come pruebas prueba escribes escribe lavas lava
Write the affirmative command: • Take out the trash! • Wash the dishes! • Clean the bathroom! PRACTICE! ¡Saca la basura! ¡Lava losplatos! ¡Limpia el baño!
tener – to have TEN venir – to come VEN poner – to put PON ir – to go VE ser – to be SÉ hacer – to do/make HAZ salir – to go out SAL decir – to say/tell DI IRREGULARVERBS
A little trick to help you remember…. “Vin Diesel has ten weapons, eh?” IRREGULARVERBS sé pon haz ten sal ve ven di
Don’t eat it! Commands with DOPs Wash them! Feed her! Try them! Write it!
Attach it to the end of the command • Examples: • Comer el sándwich • Lavarlosplatos • Sacar la basura • Pedir la sopa Affirmative Cómelo Lávalos Sácala Pídela
Do I need accent marks? How do I know where to put them? • If the command…. • has a DOP attached to the end • 3+ syllables long • …then you add an accent to the second to last syllable of the verb. • Example: • Lavalos (Wash them) • DOP attached? Yes • 3+ syllables? Yes • Lávalos Accent Marksáéíóú second to last syllable last syllable
Write the affirmative command: • Mix it! (la ensalada) • Heat it up! (la pizza) • Serve them! (losrefrescos) PRACTICE! ¡Mézclala! ¡Caliéntala! ¡Sírvelos!
Write the affirmative command: • Add it to the pizza! (the sauce) • Open them! (the books) • Ask for it! (the fork) MOREPRACTICE! ¡Añádela a la pizza! ¡Ábrelos! ¡Pídelo!
NEGATIVE: (telling someone NOT to do something) • DON’T + affirmative command • Examples: • Don’t walk! • Don’t laugh! • Don’t sit! How do we do this in ENGLISH?
NEGATIVE: (telling someone to do something) • We use the first person singular form of a verb (the “yo” form) • Write “no” • Yo form of verb • Drop the –o • Add the opposite ending -ar verbs add –es -er/ir verbs add –as • Examples: • caminar camino camines • ¡No camines! (Don’t walk!) • abrir abro abras • ¡No abras el libro! (Don’t open the book!) How do we do this in SPANISH?
Write the negative command: • escuchar • comer • probar • escribir • lavar PRACTICE! escucho escuches no escuches como comes no comas pruebo pruebes no pruebes escribo escribas no escribas lavo laves no laves
Write the negative command: • Don’t cook the tacos! • Don’t wash the dishes! • Don’t clean the bathroom! PRACTICE! ¡No cocineslos tacos! ¡No laves losplatos! ¡No limpies el baño!
BETWEEN “no” and the verb • No cocineslos tacos No loscocines • No limpiesel baño No lo limpies • No comas la fruta No la comas Where do we put the DOP?
Write the negative command with a DOP: • No pidas la sopa! • No escribas las respuestas! • No sirvas el postre! PRACTICE! ¡No la pidas! ¡No las escribas! ¡No lo sirvas!
dar (to give) no des ir (to go) no vayas saber (to know) no sepas ver (to see) no veas ser no seas estar no estés IRREGULARVERBS
If the verb …the command ends in… will end in: -car -ques tocar no toques -zar -ces cruzar no cruces -gar -gues jugar no juegues MOREIRREGULARVERBS