Familiar Commands

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Familiar Commands

• Commands are use to give instructions or to ask
  people to do things. In Spanish, there are
  different forms for the formal (usted/ustedes)
  and the familiar (tú/vosotros) address.
• The affirmative tú commands have the same form as
  the third-person singular of the present
  indicative.( -ar verbs change the ending to -a
  -er and -ir verbs change the ending to -e.)
  Hablar habla tú, comer come tú, escribir
  escribe tú.

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• Negative commands of -ar verbs are formed by
  adding -es to the stem of the first-person
  singular of the present indicative.
• No peles las papas ahora.
• Most of the negative commands of -er and -ir
  verbs are formed by adding -as to the stem of the
  first-person singular of the present indicative.
• No batas los huevos ahora.

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Irregular Familiar Commands.

• Decir di no digas
• Hacer haz no hagas
• poner pon no pongas
• salir sal no salgas
• tener ten no tengas
• venir ven no vengas
• ir ve no vayas
• ser sé no seas

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Tú commands with one object pronoun

• With affirmative commands, direct and indirect
  object pronouns must follow the command form and
  be attached to it. (Dont forget that when an
  object pronoun is attached to the command form of
  two or more syllables, an accent mark is added to
  show that the stress of the original verb remains
  the same.)
• Compra el pollo frito.
• Cómpralo.

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• With negative commands, direct and indirect
  object pronouns are placed between no and the
  command form.
• No pagues la cuenta.
• No la pagues.