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Review of positive commands…

Do you remember how to form positive, informal commands (telling someone what to do)?

– Start with the “tú” form of the verb

– Drop the ‘-s’ off of the ending

Irregular commands

The 7 irregular positive commands are:

Hacer (haz) Ir (ve) Poner (pon) Salir (sal) Ser (sé) Tener (ten) Venir (ven)

How would you say…

Eat healthy food.– Come comida sana.

Play soccer every day.– Juega al fútbol todos los días.

Put the fork on the table.– Pon el tenedor en la mesa.

Do your homework.– Haz la tarea.

NEW STUFF!!!!

NEGATIVE COMMANDS

To tell someone what NOT to do, you should use negative, informal commands

Rules for formation: For most AR verbs:

– Start with the ‘yo’ form– Drop the final ‘o’ from the conjugated

verb– Add an ‘es’ to the verb.

For example: “COMPRAR”– Start with the ‘yo’ form: compro– Drop the ‘o’: compr– Add an ‘es’: no compres

“SALIR”– Start with ‘yo’

form: SALGO

– Drop the ‘o’: SALG

– Add an ‘as’: NO

SALGAS

“CORRER”– Start with ‘yo’

form: CORRO

– Drop the ‘o’: CORR

– Add an ‘as’: NO

CORRAS

For most IR and ER verbs:• Start with the ‘yo’ form

• Drop the final ‘o’ from the conjugated verb

• Add an ‘as’ to the verb.

IRREGULARS!!

There are only 3 verbs that you have to know have irregular negative commands:

–Dar (to give) no des– Ir (to go) no vayas–Ser (to be) no seas

PRACTICE!!!

Don’t eat a lot of fat.– No comas mucha grasa.

Don’t sleep late.– No duermas tarde.

Don’t smoke.– No fumes.

Don’t go to the party.– No vayas a la fiesta.