IMPERATIVE (a request or a

command)

HABLAR = TO TALK– TALK! DON’T TALK!

COMER = TO EAT– EAT! DON’T EAT!

ESCRIBIR– WRITE! DON’T WRITE!

INFORMAL/FAMILIAR = FIRST NAME BASIS RELATIONSHIPAFFIRMATIVE = POSITIVE REQUEST: DO IT!NEGATIVE= NEGATIVE REQUEST: DON’T DO IT!

IMPERATIVE FAMILIAR

FOR THE AFFIRMATIVE FORMS,– FIND THE ‘TU’ FORM IN PRESENT TENSE,– DROM THE ‘S’– YOU’RE DONE

FOR THE NEGATIVE FORMS,– FIND THE ‘YO’ FORM IN THE PRESENT TENSE,– DROP THE ‘O,’– ADD –ES FOR ALL –AR VERBS, – ADD –AS FOR ALL –ER/IR VERBS

FORMULAS

IMPERATIVE

HABLAR = TO TALK– HABLA NO HABLES

COMER = TO EAT– COME NO COMAS

ESCRIBIR– ESCRIBE NO ESCRIBAS

¡¡¡EL FIN!!!