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What are affirmative and negative commands?
The affirmative command is formed by changing the –r of the infinitive to –d. The negative command is identical to the vosotros/as form of the present subjunctive. For reflexive verbs, affirmative commands are formed by dropping the –r and adding the reflexive pronoun –os.
What are the affirmative tu commands?
As always, there are a few irregulars in the tú affirmative command form:
- Venir – ven = Come!
- Decir – di = Say/Tell!
- Salir – sal = Leave!
- Hacer – haz = Do/Make!
- Tener – ten = Have!
- Ir – ve = Go!
- Poner – pon = Put!
- Ser – sé = Be!
What are negative tu commands?
To create a negative tú command, remember this mantra: form of yo, drop the – o, add the opposite ending. Adding the opposite ending means if a verb has an infinitive that ends in – ar, the present tense tú ending for an – er/– ir verb is used to create the negative tú command.
What is an example of a negative command?
➢ A negative command tells someone what not to do. Example: Don’t drink a lot of soda. To form a negative informal command, you conjugate the verb into the yo form of the present tense. You then drop the final o and add the opposite tú ending.
How are affirmative tu commands formed?
How to Form Regular Affirmative Tú Commands. For regular verbs, you will simply use the third-person singular form of the present indicative to form an affirmative tú command.
How do you use affirmative and negative commands in Spanish?
Formal Affirmative Commands As with the informal negative commands, all you need to do is switch the vowels. For -ar verbs, the process is simple. Cut off the infinitive -ar ending and add to the stem the third person present indicative tense -e ending for the -ir and –er verbs. For plural commands, add -en.
How is an affirmative Tu command form?
If you remember how to create the present tense él form of the verb in the indicative mood, you can create the affirmative tú command form. If a verb undergoes a stem change in the present tense, the command form will undergo the same stem change. Notice that the subject pronoun may or may not follow a command form.
How do you use the negative command in Spanish?
The negative imperative in Spanish is slightly trickier. For informal negative imperatives, take the 1st person singular (hablo), drop the –o (habl-), add the opposite vowel (hable), and add an –s (hables). *Note; Formal Usted is the same form in both affirmative and negative.
What are negative Tu commands?
Ser: sé
How to form Tu commands?
How do you form the affirmative tu commands in Spanish?
What are informal tu commands?
What are informal tu commands? Tú commands are the singular form of informal commands. You can use affirmative tú commands to tell a friend, family member the same age as you or younger, classmate, child, or pet to do something. To tell somebody not to do something, you would use a negative tú command.
What are irregular Tu commands?