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Informal Commands in Spanish

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Positive commands:


Form using the third person of the verb in the present tense:

You need to remember that stem-changing verbs rules apply to the informal possitive commands.

Comer

como comemos
comes
come comen

hablar

hablo hablamos
hablas
habla hablan


vivir

vivo vivivmos
vives
vive viven


The forms in red are the commands in Spanish. They mean:

¡habla! talk!

¡come! eat!

¡vive! live!


Now....


Do you remember the verbs with irregular forms?

Let's try!!

Write the positive commands for the following verbs:
Question 1
1.

tener

Question 2
2.

revolver (o-ue)

Question 3
3.

mezclar

Question 4
4.

agregar

Question 5
5.

salir

Question 6
6.

poner

Question 7
7.

decir

Question 8
8.

comprar

Question 9
9.

ir

Question 10
10.

venir

Question 11
11.

calentar (e-ie)

Question 12
12.

seguir (e-i)

Question 13
13.

esperar

Question 14
14.

leer

Question 15
15.

hacer

Negative informal commands:


Negative informal commands are form using the "yo" form of the verbs in the present tense (1), dropping the "o" (2) and adding (3)

-as if the verb ends in -er or -ir
-es if the verb ends in -ar

Remember that stem-changing verb rules are in effect here and that there are also special rules for yo - go verbs, and -car, -gar, -zar verbs,


Don't forget to add "no" before the negative informal command:

Ejemplos:


verbo positive commands negative informal command

comer come no comas
hablar habla no hables
seguir sigue no sigas
pensar piensa no pienses
tener ten no tengas

Irregulars:

dar = des
ver = veas
ser = seas
estar = estés
saber = sepas
ir = vayas
¡Ahora hazlo tú!

Write the negative comands for the following verbs:


Do not forget to add the "no" in front of the negative informal command.
Question 16
16.

poner

Question 17
17.

salir

Question 18
18.

ser

Question 19
19.

hacer

Question 20
20.

hablar

Question 21
21.

llegar (-car, -gar, -zar rules)

Question 22
22.

ver

Question 23
23.

dar

Question 24
24.

ir

Question 25
25.

usar

Question 26
26.

dormir (o-ue)

Question 27
27.

venir

Question 28
28.

descuidar

What are some negative commands they give you in school?


Write 7 negative commands they give you in school:


Ejemplo:

No uses tu teléfono en clase.

Question 29
29.

1

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30.

2

Question 31
31.

3

Question 32
32.

4

Question 33
33.

5

Question 34
34.

6

Question 35
35.

7

What are some negative commands they give you at home?

Write 3 negative commands here:

Question 36
36.

1

Question 37
37.

2

Question 38
38.

3