Transcript Informal tú commands

Mandatos Informales
(Informal Commands)
WALK!
SLEEP!
EAT!
In Spanish…
• When we want to tell a friend to do
something we use informal (tú) commands…
• ¡Come! – EAT!
• ¡Camina!- WALK!
• ¡Duerme!- SLEEP!
Do these endings look somewhat familiar?
Positive Commands
• Commands that are used to tell someone
what to do are positive.
• They are formed by dropping the –s from
the ending of the presente tú form.
• This means that you will be using either –a
(for verbs ending in –ar) or –e (for verbs
ending in –er or –ir) for your endings of
positive commands.
Positive Commands
• Here are examples of what it looks like.
STATEMENT
(tú) caminas
(tú) comes
(tú) duermes
COMMAND
¡Camina!
Walk!
¡Come!
Eat!
¡Duerme!
Sleep!
A positive command example for
an –ir ending verb…
• Open the window!
– Verb Abrir (to open)
• Put it in the tú present tense form = tú abres
• Drop the –s = abre
¡Abre la ventana!
A positive command example for
an –ar ending verb…
• Speak now!
- Verb hablar (to speak)
- Put hablar in the tú present tense form= hablas
- Drop the –s = habla
¡Habla ahora!
A positive command example for
an –er ending verb…
• Drink water!
- Verb beber (to drink)
- Put beber in the tú present tense form= bebes
- Drop the –s = bebe
¡Bebe agua!
What about reflexive verbs?
• The reflexive pronoun you will
use is TE.
• With positive commands, the
reflexive pronoun is attached
to the end of the command.
 Levanta + te = Levántate
 Sienta + te = Siéntese
*Note the accent is added to the
third vowel from the end. This is
required in writing these.
A-Te toca a tí (your turn)…
Eat more fruit!
Sleep 8 hours a day.
¡----- más frutas!
----- 8 horas al día.
Study in the library everyday.
----- en la biblioteca todos los días.
B-Te toca a tí (your turn)…
Take a bath now!!
Go up I-75.
¡¡---- ahora!!
---- I-75.
Please, marry me!
¡Por favor, ----- conmigo!
Negative Commands
• Commands that are used to tell someone
what NOT to do are negative.
• You will always write, hear or say NO
before the negative command.
• The command is formed by switching the
positive command endings to the opposite
vowel and adding –s.
• This means that the –a ending is switched
to –es and the –e ending is switched to –as.
Negative Commands
• Here are examples of what it looks like.
POSITIVE
fuma
corres
duerme
NEGATIVE
¡No fumes!
¡No corras!
¡No duermas!
Don’t smoke!
Don’t run!
Don’t sleep!
A negative command example for
an –ar ending verb…
• Don’t buy pizza!
- Verb comprar (to buy, to purchase)
- Put comprar in positive command form= compra
- Change the –a to –es= compres
¡No compres la pizza!
A negative command example for
an –ir ending verb…
• Don’t open the door!
• Verb abrir (to open)
- Put abrir in the positive command form= abre
- Change the –e to –as= abras
¡No abras la puerta!
A negative command example for
an –er ending verb…
• Don’t drink soda!
- Verb beber (to drink)
- Put beber in the positive command form= bebe
- Change the –e to –as= bebas
¡No bebas los refrescos!
What about reflexive verbs?
• The reflexive pronoun you
will use is TE.
• In negative commands, NO
& TE precede the verb.
 Te + levanta =No te levantes.
 Te + sienta = No te sientes.
C-Te toca a tí (your turn)…
Don’t run in the house!
¡No ----- en casa!
Don’t open the book!
¡No ----- el libro!
D-Te toca a tí (your turn)…
Don’t read ahead of me!
¡No ----- adelante de mí!
Don’t sleep here please.
No ----- aquí por favor.
Los irregulares
• Some verbs are changed in the stem for
commands.
• Because of these stem changes they are
irregular.
• If they are irregular in the formal form they
will be in the informal form too.
• You have learned about these stemchange (boot) verbs previously.
Irregulars you need to know…
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verb
positive
hacer (to do) haz
tener (to have) ten
salir (to leave) sal
ser (to be)
sé
estar (to be)
esté
dar (to give)
dé
saber(to know) sabe
ir (to go)
ve
poner(to put) pon
venir (to come) ven
decir (to say) di
negative
hagas
tengas
salgas
seas
estes
des
sepas
vayas
pongas
vengas
digas
Verbs with spelling changes…
There are several verbs that change spelling when made
into negative commands to keep their sound…
1. Verbs ending in –gar like Jugar- ¡No juegues!
- g changes to gue to keep the hard g sound
2. Verbs ending in –car like Practicar - ¡No practiques!
-c changes to a que to keep the hard k sound
3. Verbs ending in –zar like Empezar¡No empieces!
- z changes to ces to keep the soft z sound
Examples of negative commands
with needed changes…
Don’t arrive late!
¡No llegues tarde!
-Verb llegar in positive form = llega
-Change –a to –es and apply the spelling change
= llegues
Don’t touch the piano!
¡No toques el piano!
-Verb tocar in positive form = toca
-Change –a to –es and apply the spelling
change = toques
Examples of negative commands
with needed changes…
Don’t eat lunch now! ¡No almuerces ahora!
-Verb almorzar in positive form = almuerza
-Change –a to –es and remember the spelling
change= almuerces
Don’t start the homework! ¡No comiences la tarea!
- Verb comenzar in positive form = comienza
- Change –a to –es and remember the spelling
change= comiences
E-Te toca a tí (your turn)…
Don’t start ahead of me!
¡No ----- adelante de mí!
Don’t pay here please.
No ----- aquí por favor.