El imperativo en espaol

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El imperativo en español

• Today we will learn how to use the imperative in
  Spanish only in affirmative sentences.
• We will learn only the second person singular
• ( informal formal Usted )
• We will see some of the irregular verbs in the
  imperative

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What are they ?

• The imperative or positive familiar Cammands
  (mandatos) are used when you are telling (not
  just asking!) somebody to do something or giving
  him an order.
• Theyre expressed by means of the imperative
  mood. The Spanish imperative exists for 5
  different grammatical people tú, Ud., nosotros,
  vosotros, and Uds. Most often we find the formal
  form Ud. (You polite) Ud hable usted más
  despacio! por favor.(speak slowly, please!). Tú
  espera a tu madre! (wait for your mother).
  nosotros Hablemos de otras cosas! (Lets talk
  about other things!). vosotros (only in Spain)
  dormid vosotros! (Go to sleep, you all!). Uds
  hablen ustedes más despacio! por favor. (you
  poeple) speak slowly, please!)
• But we will only see the second person formal and
  informal
• today

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When do we use it?

• We use it mainly for
• To tell people what to do
• To give permission
• To give directions

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General rules

• Imperative mood only has one tense, the present
  tense.
• Spanish verbs are always either regular or
  irregular as it happens with English verbs.
• All Spanish verbs end either in "-ar", "-er" or
  "-ir ". These are the three Spanish conjugations.
  

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• For the verbs ending in -ar
• tú (You) -a
• usted (he, she, you formal)-e
• For example hablar Remove the -ar and keep habl-
  then add the endings
• Tu- habl-a
• Usted habl-e

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• For verbs in er and ir the endings are the
  other way out. Easy!!!!
• Tu e
• Usted a
• For example the verb correr. Remove the er and
  add the ending
• tu Corr-e
• Usted Corr-a
• For verbs in ir do the same. Verb escribir.
  Remover the ir and add the ending.
• Tu Escrib-e
• Usted Escrib-a

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Reminder !!!

• Look at the reminder, can you translate the
  commands into English?
• Commands
• (Mandatos)
• tú
• usted
•  
• hablar -a,-e,
• Habla!
• Hable!
•  
• comer -e, -a,
• Come!
• Coma!
•  
• vivir   -e, -a,
• Vive
• Viva!
•  

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So far so good?

• However there is a slight problem...
• but I told you so....... We have some irregular
  verbs like in English
• .

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Lets aim for ten irregular ones, then

• Poner pon, ponga (go to present 1st person and
  then do the changes)
• Sacar- saca, saque
• Tener- ten, tenga ( go to present 1st person )
• Seguir- sigue, siga ( go to present 1st person )
• Hacer- haz, haga
• Salir- sal, salga ( go to present 1st person )
• Volver- vuelve, vuelva
• Empezar- empieza, empiece
• Cerra- cierra- cierre.
• Traer- trae- traiga.

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Poor Cinderella!

• Everybody tells her what to do
• The nasty stepsisters
• The horrible stepmother
• The Godmother
• Even the prince!!!
• Use some of these verbs to make up some
  sentences
• Limpiar, venir, cocinar, volver, bailar,....