Sunday, April 26, 2009

Affirmative and Negative tú Commands

To form the affirmative tú command, all you do is use the third person singular form of the verb in the present tense.
Ex: Rodrigo pasa la aspiradora = Por favor, pasa la aspiradora
Rodrigo vacuums - Please vacuum.

Verbs with Irregular tú command forms.
Hacer: haz
Ser: sé
Ir: ve
decir: di
poner: pon
salir: sal
tener: ten
venir: ven

*Note that on the above Go verbs, you drop the go.

Negative
To form the negative tú command, you take the yo form of the verb in the present tense and change the ending to -es for -ar verbs, and -ar for -er and -ir verbs.
Ex: Dejar - No me dejes!
Don't leave me!

Irregulars:
dar: no des
estar: no estés
ir: no vayas
saber: no sepas
ser: no seas

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