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Tú commands
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Explanation

• A command is an order Shut up, Sit down,
  Bring me some chocolate, etc. What youre
  learning here is how to tell a friend (i.e.,
  someone with whom you would use tú) to shut up,
  sit down, and bring you some chocolate.

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AFFIRMATIVE Commands

• Heres how you form affirmative tú commands
• Conjugate the verb in the regular present tense
• hablar ? hablas
• comer ? comes
• volver ? vuelves
• Now, take off the s
• habla
• come
• vuelve
• And there you have the tú affirmative command.

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Exercise

• Now change these verbs into commands. Write
  one on your paper, click to check your answer,
  and then click to go on to the next one.
• entender ? ?
• Answer entiende
• leer ? ?
• Answer lee
• traer ? ?
• Answer trae
• cerrar ? ?
• Answer cierra

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Irregular verbs

• Did you really, really think it would be that
  simple? Sorry. There are always irregular
  verbs. But you dont have many. And there
  arent a bunch of endings to learn like there are
  with the preterite, because youre dealing with
  only one persontú.
• And heeeeeeerrrrrrreeeee they are
• decir ? di venir ? ven
• salir ? sal ir ? ve
• hacer ? haz ser ? sé
• poner ? pon tener ? ten

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NOTE

• These verbs are irregular only in the
  affirmative! Not in the negative!!!! Youre
  about to be introduced to the formation of
  negative verbs, and they have their OWN
  irregularities! You absolutely cannot say, No
  sal ahora! Thats wrong, wrong,
  wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Pronoun Position

• Do you remember where you put object pronouns
  with AFFIRMATIVE Ud. commands? Well, thats
  where you put them with AFFIRMATIVE tú commands
  on the end of the command.
• Cómelo.
• Háblame.
• Dime la verdad.

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Exercise

• Now change these verbs into commands. Write
  one on your paper, click to check your answer,
  and then click to go on to the next one.
• ganarlo
• Answer gánalo
• hablarme
• Answer háblame
• creerla
• Answer créela
• pedírmelo
• Answer pídemelo

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Meaning

• Habla ahora. Talk now.
• Come ahora. Eat now.
• Vuelve ahora. Return now.
• So if I tell you to write a sentence using a
  command, you cant write, for example, Come
  ayer. Duh. That would mean, Eat yesterday.

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NEGATIVE Commands

• The BAD news Negative tú commands are totally
  different from affirmative. Sorry. Nobody asked
  me what I thought about doing it this way.
• The GOOD news Remember Ud. commands? Well,
  negative tú commands are EXACTLY like Ud.
  commands, except that they have an s on them.
• More bad news If you didnt learn the Ud.
  commands when you were supposed to, guess what.

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Sooo . . .

• Go to the first person singular of a verb
• Traer ? no traigo
• Pensar ? no pienso
• And drop the o
• Traigo ? no traig_
• Pensar ? no piens_
• And then add the opposite ending (-as for er and
  ir verbs, -es for ar verbs)
• Traig_ ? NO traigas
• Piens_ ? NO pienses
• DONT FORGET THE S!

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Exercise

• Now change these verbs into commands. Write
  one on your paper, click to check your answer,
  and then click to go on to the next one.
• NO traer
• Answer no traigas
• NO pensar
• Answer no pienses
• NO salir
• Answer no salgas
• NO dormir
• Answer no duermas

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Can you guess which verbs will be irregular when
theyre negative? Remember that theyre NOT the
same verbs that are irregular in the present.
Take a second and think about it. If you really
think about how youre forming the negative
command, the five (hint) irregular verbs will
make sense to you.
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Irregular negative tú commands

• The five irregular commands are the following
• ser ? no seas
• saber ? no sepas
• ir ? no vayas
• estar ? no estés
• dar ? no des
• Do they look familiar? These are the
• five irregular Ud. commands. The
• ONLY difference between Ud. commands and
  negative tú commands is that the negative tú
  commands have an s.

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Pronoun Position

• One last step remember that, just like you
  did with Ud. commands, you have to put the object
  pronoun BEFORE a negative command.
• No lo hagas.
• No me ayudes.

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Exercise

• Now change these verbs into commands. Write
  one on your paper, click to check your answer,
  and then click to go on to the next one.
• NO traerlo
• Answer no lo traigas
• NO perderlas
• Answer no las pierdas
• NO cerrarlo
• Answer No lo cierres
• NO ponerlos
• Answer No los pongas
• NO leérmelo
• Answer no me lo leas

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• OK, here it all is in a nutshell
• 1. Affirmative commands
• A. Conjugate the verb as a
  regular present tense verb and take off the s.
• comes ? come hablas ?
  habla
• B. Learn the eight irregular verbs
• decir ?
  di venir ? ven
• salir ? sal ir ? ve
• hacer ? haz ser ? sé
• poner ? pon tener ? ten
• C. Put pronouns on the end
  of affirmative commands
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  Cómelo. Hazlo.
• 2. Negative commands
• A. Drop the o off the
  first person singular and add the opposite
  ending,
• including an s
• digo ? no digas
  cierro ? no cierres
• B. Memorize the five
  irregular negative commands
• ser ? no seas
• saber ? no sepas
• ir ? no vayas

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