Affirmative Tú Commands

AFFIRMATIVE TÚ COMMANDS • ENGLISH GRAMMAR CONNECTION: IN BOTH SPANISH AND ENGLISH,

commands _________________ARE USED TO TELL SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING. form IN SPANISH, COMMANDS ARE EXPRESSED AS A ______________ OF THE VERB. THE TÚ COMMAND IS USED TO GIVE AN ORDER TO A CHILD, ANIMAL OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW WELL (ANYONE THAT YOU WOULD USE THE TÚ FORM WITH WHEN SPEAKING)

Take a minute to answer the three questions in your notes

AFFIRMATIVE TÚ COMMANDS • DID YOU KNOW…YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW TO FORM TÚ COMMANDS?? • TO FORM A REGULAR COMMAND: • TÚ AFFIRMATIVE COMMAND : IT IS THE SAME FORM AS THIRD PERSON SINGULAR OF THE PRESENT TENSE (ÉL, ELLA, UD.) OF THAT VERB.

AFFIRMATIVE TÚ COMMANDS To state an affirmative (tú) command of most verbs,

Conjugate for third person singular. Verb

3rd person

Command

Translation

caminar 

camina

¡Camina!



Walk!

comer



come

¡Come!



Eat!

dormir



duerme

¡Duerme!



Sleep!

What shows the difference between the conjugation in the present tense and the command form of the verb?

AFFIRMATIVE TÚ COMMANDS Write the following verbs as affirmative tú commands.

1.

verbo en inglés

verbo en español

Ud.-form of verb

mandato afirmativo

to run

correr

corre

¡corre!

traer

trae

¡trae!

limpiar

limpia

¡limpia!

2. To bring 3.

to clean

IRREGULAR TÚ COMMANDS • THERE ARE A FEW POSITIVE TÚ COMMANDS THAT ARE IRREGULAR. YOU WILL HAVE TO MEMORIZE THEM, AS THERE ISN’T A PATTERN TO FOLLOW. The following verbs have irregular tú commands Infinitive hacer

Positive Command

haz ________________

poner

pon ________________

tener

________________ ten

ir ser venir salir decir

ve ________________ sé ________________ ven ________________ sal ________________ di ________________

IRREGULAR TÚ COMMANDS

• EVEN THOUGH THESE 8 VERBS HAVE IRREGULAR COMMANDS THAT YOU WILL NEED TO MEMORIZE, THERE IS A SENTENCE THAT YOU CAN REMEMBER THAT WILL HELP YOU WITH THEM.

• ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW IS “ VIN DIESEL HAS TEN WEAPONS”… BUT YOU MUST SAY IT WITH A RUSSIAN ACCENT

Ven di sal haz ten ve pon sé

TÚ COMMANDS AND DOPNS • IF YOU USE AN AFFIRMATIVE COMMAND WITH A D.O.P.N.,

_______________________ TO THE _________ end OF THE _______________. command attach it YOU MUST ADD AN ACCENT WHEN YOU ATTACH A PRONOUN TO A COMMAND OF TWO OR MORE SYLLABLES TO RETAIN THE ORIGINAL STRESS.

• EJ:

CIERRA LA VENTANA.  CIÉRRALA

CLOSE THE WINDOW CLOSE IT.

• (ACCENT BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE THAN TWO SYLLABLES IN CIERRA)

PON LA MESA AHORA. →PONLA

SET THE TABLE NOW SET IT NOW.

(NO ACCENT BECAUSE PON ONLY HAS ONE SYLLABLE)

ACABAR DE •WHEN YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING JUST HAPPENED, YOU USE THE VERB PHRASE acabar de + infinitive _____________________________. Don’t forget you need to conjugate ‘acabar’!

acabo EJ: ACABAMOS DE TERMINAR LA TAREA. acabas  WE JUST FINISHED THE HOMEWORK. acaba

• •

acabamos acabáis Acaban