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Affirmative Informal Commands Affirmative Informal Commands • To tell someone you address as tú to do something, you will use an affirmative informal command. Affirmative Informal Commands • To form the affirmative informal command of regular or stem changing verbs, just drop the final s off the end of the tú form of the verb. Affirmative Informal Commands Infinitive form of Tú form of the the verb verb Affirmative Informal Command hablar to speak hablas you speak habla speak comer to eat comes you eat come eat pedir to ask for pides you ask for pide ask for Irregular Affirmative Informal Commands • Some verbs have irregular affirmative informal command forms. • You will have to memorize these comand forms. Irregular Affirmative Informal Commands Infinitive form of the verb tener - to have venir - to come poner - to put ir - to go ser - to be hacer - to do, make salir - to leave, go out Affirmative Informal Command ten - have ven - come pon - put ve - go sé - be haz - do, make sal - leave, go out Affirmative Informal Commands • Here are some verbs you might use to ask someone to help you in the kitchen. • They all have regular command forms. • Note that calentar is an e to ie stem changing verb. abrir – to open calentar – to heat up sacar – to take out cortar – to cut mezclar – to mix añadir – to add Practica • Activity 30: Graciela is helping her brother prepare a fruit salad. Complete the sentences with the correct affirmative informal command, use the verbs in parenthesis. • Activity 31: Give your friend advice on how to get good grades in school. Write complete sentences. • Activity 32: With a partner take turns telling each other what chores need to be done based on the pictures. Use affirmative informal commands. Ejemplos • Make affirmative informal commands for each of the sentences below. Use the verb in parenthesis. • 1. _______ las zanahorias. (comer) • 2. _______ conmigo. (hablar) • 3. _______ los sandwiches. (pedir) • 4. _______ tu tarea. (hacer) • 5. _______ la mesa. (poner) • 6. _______ los platos. (lavar) • 7. _______ cuidado. (tener) • 8. _______ al cine con tus amigos. (ir) • 9. _______ la basura. (sacar) • 10. _______ la puerta. (abrir) Exit Slip • 1. Who do you use affirmative informal commands with? • 2. How do you form affirmative informal commands? • 3. Give the affirmative informal command of comer. • 4. Give the affirmative informal command of hablar.