2. Informal commands (affirmative) Taketheform and dropthe . OR Just use theformifthat’seasiertoremember! preparar --> barrer--> servir--> s tú él / ella / ud ¡Prepara! ¡Barre! ¡Sirve!
3. Informal Commands (Negative) Tomake a negative tú command, startwiththeform of theverb, dropthe , and addtheending. preparar--> barrer--> servir--> o yo opposite tú -ar--> es -er/-ir--> as ¡No prepares! ¡No barras! ¡No sirvas!
4. Opposite endings Verbsthatend in -arwon’ttakethe -as ending, butinsteadwilltake . Verbsthatend in -eror-irwon’ttakethe -es ending, butinsteadwilltake . -es -as
5. -car, -gar, -zar verbs Whenwemakenegativecommandsfrom a verbthatends in -car, -gar, or -zar, wemakesomespellingchangestokeepthe original sound.
6. Remember these rules only apply to NEGATIVE informal commands -gar g -gu For verbs that end in -gar, the changes to -car c qu Forverbsthatend in -car, thechangesto , thenweaddtheoppositeending, whichwill ALWAYS besincethese are -arverbs! -es -zar z c For verbs that end in -zar, the changes to a . Examples: ¡No juegues futbol en la casa! ¡No toques! ¡No empieces!
9. Common Expressions Be careful! Come here! Tell me the truth! Don’t go! Don’t tell me! You don’t say! Don’t be afraid! Put on the hat! Don’t be like that!
10. Reflexive Verbs & Commands with DIRECT OBJECTS PRONOUNS With the affirmative command we ____________the object pronoun to the affirmative command. (Notice we added an accent mark to keep the stress in the original place. ATTACH
12. Negative Commands The difference with the negative commands is that the object pronoun will be placed _______________ the verb. BEFORE
13. RECUEDA..USE “TE” because they are informal Tú Commands ¡No televantes! Don’t get yourself up! No levantarse __________________ Nosecarse ____________________ ¡No teseques! Don’t dry yourself!