Transcript Slide 1 - Wando High School

Exprésate Uno, Capítulo 1, Gramática Dos,
p. 214
Affirmative informal commands
-To tell someone you address as “tú” to do something, use
an affirmative informal command.
-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.
-(tú) hablas =
-(tú) comes =
-(tú) pides
=
habla
come
pide
-Manuel, prueba el sándwich de pollo.
Los preparan muy bien aquí.
-Lava los platos, por favor.
¡A practicar!
-Pepito, clean your room!
-¡Pepito, limpia tu cuarto (habitación)!
-Juana, eat lunch!
-¡Juana, almuerza!
-Please, take out the garbage!
-¡Por favor, saca la basura!
-Serve the cake, please!
-¡Sirve el pastel, por favor!
-Order the eggs with the bacon!
-¡Pide los huevos con el tocino!
Affirmative informal commands
-Some verbs have irregular affirmative command forms.
-Tener (to have)
-Venir (to come)
-Poner (to put)
-Ir (to go)
-Ser (to be)
-Hacer (to do,make)
-Salir (to go out,leave)
ten
ven
pon
ve
sé
haz
sal
-Do you notice that on the “-go –go” verbs (tengo, vengo,
pongo, y salgo) we “chop off the –go ending?
-We also chop off the –go on “hago”, but we then add a “z”.
-Ir and ser do not follow this pattern, and therefore
must be memorized.
Affirmative informal commands
-Some verbs have irregular affirmative command forms.
-Venir (to come)
-Salir (to go out,leave)
-Hacer (to do,make)
-Tener (to have)
-Ir (to go)
-Poner (to put)
-Ser (to be)
ven
sal
haz
ten
ve
pon
sé
---Ven DiSal Haz Ten VePonSé?
--Now, pretend we’re in Canada
--(Vin Diesel has 10 weapons, eh?)
Ven Disal has ten weapons eh!
Ven di sal haz ten ve pon sé
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Venir = Ven
Decir = Di
Salir = Sal
Hacer = Haz
Tener = Ten
Ir = Ve
Poner = Pon
Ser = Sé
-Irregular affirmative command forms.
-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,leave) sal
-Come with me to the mall.
-Ven conmigo al centro comercial.
-Set the table, please.
-Pon la mesa, por favor.
-Go to your room!
-¡Ve a tu cuarto/habitación!
-Be nice and patient (paciente).
-Sé simpático(a) y paciente.
-Make your bed every day.
-Haz la/tu cama todos los días.
Affirmative informal commands
-Here are some verbs you might use to ask someone to help
you in the kitchen.
cortar (to cut)
calentar (e—ie) (to heat up)
abrir (to open)
sacar (to take out)
Cuando estoy en la cocina con mi mamá, ella me dice:
-Cut the carrots, please.
-Corta las zanahorias, por favor.
-Open the can (la lata) of corn.
-Abre la lata de maíz.
-You already know that D.O. pronouns can go
either directly before the conjugated verb or
attached to the end of an infinitive.
-Do you always prepare dinner?
-¿Siempre preparas la cena?
-No, I don’t prepare it always, but today I am
going to prepare it.
-No, no la preparo siempre, pero hoy voy a
prepararla.
o
-No, no la preparo siempre, pero hoy la voy a
preparar.
-When you use a pronoun with an affirmative command,
attach it to the end of the verb. Add an accent mark over
the vowel in the third-to-last syllable:
“Uno, dos y tres… cha cha cha!”
-Should I prepare the fish?
-¿Preparo el pescado?
-Yes, prepare it.
-Sí, prepáralo.
-If there are only two syllables, then you do not have to
add an accent mark.
-Should I put the glasses on the table?
-¿Pongo los vasos en la mesa?
-Yes, put them there (allí).
-Sí, ponlos allí.