Informal
Commands
Positive (+) Tú
Commands
How do you form it? Tú (+)
Step 1
•Use the he/she form of the present tense
•Ejemplo
caminar
comer
escribir
camina
come
escribe
Irregular Tú (+) Commands
decir
hacer
ir
poner
salir
ser
tener
venir
di
haz
ve
pon
sal
sé
ten
ven
MEMORIZE!!!!
Negative (-) Tú
Commands
How do you form it? Tú (-)
Step 1
•Yo form of the present
Step 2
•Drop –o
caminarStep 1- camino
Step 2- camin
Step 3- No camines
comerStep 3
•Add opposite endings
AR verbsES
ER/IR Verbs- AS
Step 1- como
Step 2- com
Step 3- No comas
Irregular Tú (-) Commands
•
•
•
•
•
•
DAR- No des
IR- No vayas
Ser- No seas
Haber- No hayas
Estar- No estés
Saber- No sepas
MEMORIZE!!!!
Spelling Changes Commands
1. car - c  qu
2. gar - g  gu
3. zar - z 
verb
c
step 1
step 2
step 3
spelling change
1. sacar
saco  sac  saces  saques
2. llegar
llego 
3. almorzar
lleg  lleges  llegues
almuerzo  almuerz  almuerzes almuerces
Why do we put (-) commands in
the “yo” form first?
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•
•
•
Stem Changing Verbs
e- ie
e–i
o- ue
• Spelling Changes in
the “yo” form
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Commands with
Reflexive Verbs
How do you form tú ( + ) commands?
Step 1
•Use the he/she form of the present tense
cepillarse  cepillase
Step 2
•Chage the “se” to “te”
cepillase - cepillate
Step 3
•Count three vowels backwards and add an accent
•cepíllate
3 2 1
How do you form Tú ( - ) commands?
Step 1
- Drop the “se” and roll it to the front
- Cepillarse  No se cepillar
Step 2
•Chage the “se” to “te”
No se cepillar  No te cepillar
Step 3
- Yo form, drop “o”, and add opposite endings
No te cepillar  No te cepilles
Commands with Direct
Object Pronouns
Direct Object Pronouns (Spanish)
me (me)
nos
(us)
te
(you)
vos
lo
la
(him or it)
(her or it)
los (them, you all)
las (them, you all)
(you all inf.)
How do you form tú ( + ) commands?
Step 1
•Use the he/she form of the present tense
comer los tacos  come los tacos
Step 2
•Substitute los tacos with “los” and attach it
come los tacos - comelos
Step 3
•Count three vowels backwards and add an accent
•cómelos
3
2 1
How do you form Tú ( - ) commands?
Step 1
• Yo form, drop “o”, and add opposite endings
Comer los tacos  No comas los tacos
Step 2
• Substitute los tacos with “los” and roll it in front
of the verb
No comas los tacos  No los comas