mandatos informales. informal commands to give a command in spanish, you must first decide whether...
TRANSCRIPT
Mandatos informales
Informal Commands
• To give a command in Spanish, you must first decide whether you wish to use an informal (tú) or formal (usted) command. In this lesson we will focus on informal commands since they are considered to be friendlier.
• Secondly, you must be aware of whether you are giving a positive or negative command since each has a different conjugation.
For example; Catch (positive) = ¡Agarra!Don’t Catch (negative) = ¡No agarres!
Conjugating a positive informal command is very easy. The conjugation is the same as the present tense usted form of the verb. (Yes, the tú command uses an usted conjugation!) Here are some examples >
Verb Positive Informal
Command
Tomar ¡Toma!
Traer ¡Trae!
Hablar ¡Habla!
Tirar ¡Tira!
Beber ¡Bebe!
Vivir ¡Vive!
Positive Informal Commands
IrregularsThe following verbs have irregular command forms:
Verb Positive Form
To put Pon
To come Ven
To go Ve
To be Sé
To have Ten
To do, to make
Haz
To leave Sal
To say, to tell Di
1. Conjugate the verb in the present tense yo form.
2. Remove the “o”.
3. Add “es” to –AR verbs or “as” to –ER & -IR verbs.
Conjugating a negative informal command is a little more complicated. Here are the steps;
Negative Informal Commands
Here are some examples;
Verb Yo form minus the
“O”
Negative Informal
Command
Tomar Tom- ¡No tomes!
Traer Traig- ¡No traigas!
Hablar Habl- ¡No hables!
Contar Cuent- ¡No cuentes!
Beber Beb- ¡No bebas!
Conocer Conozc- ¡No conozcas!Notice that any stem changes or spelling changes in the yo form remain in the command form.
IrregularsThe following verbs have irregular command forms:
Verb Positive Form
Negative Form
To put Pon No pongas (regular)
To come Ven No vengas (regular)
To go Ve No vayas
To be Sé No seas
To have Ten No tengas (regular)
To do, to make
Haz No hagas (regular)
To leave Sal No salgas (regular)
To say, to tell Di No digas (regular)
Now you try it! On a piece of paper, or in your head, conjugate the following and then click for the correct answer. Note: do not use tú when giving a command.Ask! (Preguntar)
Study! (Estudiar)
Run! (Correr)
Write! (Escribir)
¡Pregunta!
¡Estudia!
¡Corre!
¡Escribe!
Good, now try some negatives!
Don’t ask! (Preguntar)
Don’t run! (Correr)
Don’t return! (Volver o>ue)
Don’t come! (Venir)
¡No preguntes!
¡No corras!
¡No vuelvas!
¡No vengas!
Fin