Negative tú commands
Capítulo 7A-Realidades 2 p. 356
What are Negative tú
commands?
They are used to tell someone what
NOT to do and that ‘someone’ is
usually a friend or someone we are
familiar with.
How do we form a negative tú
command?
There are 3 easy steps:
1. Start with the YO form present tense.
2. Drop the ‘O’.
3. Add –es for an –AR verb and add –as for an
-ER/-IR verb and don’t forget the NO!!!
For example:
1. Añadir=Añado
2. Añad3. NO añadas
No añadas sal porque es malo
para la salud.
Another normal verb:
1. Hablar=Hablo
2. Habl3. No hables
No hables inglés en la clase de
español 
Let’s try one more:
1. Comer=Como
2. Com3. No comas
¡No comas en esta clase!
What about verbs with an
irregular YO form?
You will follow the same rules for the normal verbs.
For example:
1.Tener=Tengo
2.Drop the ‘O’=Teng3.Add the new ending=Tengas…and don’t forget
the ‘NO’
NO TENGAS
Yo-Go verbs
Decir
Yo-Go verbs
Digo
Yo-Go verbs
Dig-
Yo-Go verbs
NO digas
Yo-Go verbs
Poner
Yo-Go verbs
Pongo
Yo-Go verbs
Pong-
Yo-Go verbs
NO pongas
Yo-Go verbs
Hacer
Yo-Go verbs
Hago
Yo-Go verbs
Hag-
Yo-Go verbs
NO hagas
Yo-Go verbs (3 steps)
Salir
Yo-Go verbs
Salgo
Yo-Go verbs
No salgas
Yo-Go verbs (one step now)
Venir
Yo-Go verbs
No vengas
Yo-Go verbs
Oír
Yo-Go verbs
No oigas
Yo-Go verbs
Caer
Yo-Go verbs
No caigas
Yo-Go verbs
Tener
Yo-Go verbs
No tengas
What about boot verbs?
You will still follow the same
rule!!
1. Encender=Enciendo
2. Drop the ‘O’=Enciend3. Add the ending and the
NO
NO Enciendas
Boot Verbs (1 paso)
Servir
Boot Verbs
No sirvas
Boot Verbs
Pensar
Boot Verbs
No pienses
Boot Verbs
Repetir
Boot Verbs
No repitas
Boot Verbs
Querer
Boot Verbs
No quieras
Verbs that end in –car, -gar y zar
The same rule again!!! But this time there will be some spelling
changes, just like what we saw in the Preterite:
1. Jugar=Juego
2. Jueg3. NO JuegUES
1. Picar=Pico
2. Pic3. NO piQUES
1.Empezar-empiezo
2. Empiez3. NO empieces
Verbs that end in –car, -gar y –
zar
Almorzar
Yo form=Almuerzo
Verbs that end in –car, -gar y –
zar
Almorzar
Negative tú=No almuerces
Verbs that end in –car, -gar y –
zar
Comenzar
Yo form=Comienzo
Verbs that end in –car, -gar y –
zar
Comenzar
Negative tú=No comiences
Verbs that end in –car, -gar y –
zar
Picar
Yo=pico
Verbs that end in –car, -gar y –
zar
Picar
Negative tú=No piques
Verbs that end in –car, -gar y –
zar
Pagar
Yo=pago
Verbs that end in –car, -gar y –
zar
Pagar
Negative tú=No pagues
One last thing…I swear
The next list is a song that
shows all of the verbs that do
not follow the 3 step rule.
hayas
vayas
seas
sepas
**tengas**
estés
des