Mandatos Afirmativos con t

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Affirmative tú commands

• Mandatos Afirmativos con tú

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Mandatos Afirmativos Con Tú(Affirmative tú
Commands)

• When you tell someone to do something you are
  using an affirmative command.
• When you tell one person (a friend or family
  member) in Spanish to do something you are using
  an affirmative tú command.
• For example Give me your homework/ Tell me
  the answers to the Spanish test/ Go away are
  commands.

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• Here is how you give an affirmative command to
  someone you address as tú
• The affirmative tú command form for regular and
  stem change verbs is the same as the él / ella
  / Ud. form of the present tense

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• Elena is answering the phone
• Elena contesta el teléfono.
• Elena, answer the phone!(affirm com.)
• Elena, contesta el teléfono!
• Pepe opens the door.
• Pepe abre la puerta.
• Pepe, open the door ! (affirm com.)
• Pepe, abre la puerta.

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• Graciela is coming back early
• Graciela vuelve temprano.
• Graciela, come back early! (affirm.com)
• Graciela, vuelve temprano !
• All stem change verbs keep their stem change in
  the command form

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Verbos Irregulares en el Mandato Afirmativo con
tú

• Not all verbs form the affirmative command with
  the él / ella/ Ud. form of the present tense
• The following irregular vebs can be best
  remembered by the silly sentence
• Prepared High School Students Do Very Important
  Things

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• P poner pon
• H hacer haz
• S salir sal
• S ser sé
• D decir di
• V venir ven
• I ir ve
• T tener ten

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Write the following commands that you might hear
your profesor de español give you in class.

• Write your name.
• Escribe tu nombre.
• Do your homework.
• Haz la tarea.
• Repeat the answer.
• Repite la respuesta.
• Put your book on the floor.
• Pon tu libro en el suelo.
• Take out your book.
• Saca tu libro.

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Write the following commands your parents would
give you to do at home before going out.

• Cut the grass.
• Corta el césped.
• Sweep the hallway.
• Barre el pasillo.
• Plug in the electric cord.
• Enchufa el cordón eléctrico.
• Unplug the vacuum.
• Desenchufa la aspiradora.
• Clean your room.
• Limpia tu dormitorio.

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Write the following commands you would give a
friend.

• Buy lunch now.
• Compra el almuerzo ahora.
• Look for my books.
• Busca mis libros.
• Tell the truth.
• Di la verdad.
• Tell a joke.
• Cuenta un chiste.
• Come back now.
• Vuelve ahora.

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Things you would tell the cleaning lady.

• Wash my clothes.
• Lava mi ropa.
• Run the vacuum in my room.
• Pasa la aspiradora en mi dormitorio.
• Make the bed.
• Haz la cama.
• Set the table.
• Pon la mesa.
• Go to the supermarket.
• Ve al supermercado.