repaso: los mandatos informales informal commands español 3
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Repaso: Los mandatos informalesInformal CommandsEspañol 3
When you want to tell someone what to do: You need to be able to make a
command. In English, a command is when you tell
someone, “Sit down.”, “Don’t smoke.”, etc.
To make an informal (tú) positive command in Spanish:
Práctica 1. Sleep now!
¡Duerme ahora!
2. Speak! ¡Habla!
Irregular positive“tú” commands: Unfortunately,
there is a list! They correspond
to verbs that have an irregular “yo” form:
There is a pattern: Ten Ven Pon Sal Haz Di Sé Ve
Tener (tengo) Venir (vengo) Poner (pongo) Salir (salgo) Hacer (hago) Decir (digo) Ser (soy) Ir (voy)
Luckily, there is also a song: It goes to the tune of
“Hava Nagila”, the Jewish wedding song. Remember from Wedding Crashers?
The words are:
Ten Ven Pon Sal Haz Repeat Di Sé Ve
Now for negative “tú” commands: There are a couple
of easy rules: Take the “yo” Drop the “o” Add the opposite
ending. Put a “no” in front
and an “s” at the end.
(The opposite ending is an “e” for –ar verbs and and “a” for –er & –ir verbs.
Por ejemplo
Hablar►hablo► Habl► Hable► ¡No hables!
Comer►como► Com► Coma► ¡ No comas!
Asistir ►asisto► Asist► Asista► ¡No asistas!
A couple of notes: When the command
is positive, and the verb is reflexive, the reflexive pronoun is placed at the end, hanging on to the command.
First conjugate the verb into a command, then put the pronoun at the end.
Relajarse► Relaja► ¡Relájate!
For negative commands with reflexives: The reflexive
pronoun goes BEFORE the conjugated verb.
Relajarse► Relajo► Relaj► Relaje► No relajes…and
finally: ¡No te relajes!
Más práctica 3. Don’t smoke! ¡No fumes!
4. Relax! ¡Relájate!
5. Take care of yourself!
5. ¡CuÍdate!
6. Alleviate stress!
6. ¡Alevia el estrés!
7. Don’t live a hectic life!
7. ¡No lleves una vida agitada!
8. Take things calmly!
8. ¡Toma las cosas con calma!