Mandatos (Affirmative (Positive) Commands)

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Mandatos (Affirmative (Positive) Commands)

• An informal command is
• used to give direction or
• orders to friends, children
• or those in a lesser position.
• Informal commands in Spanish are used with the
  people you address as
• tú or vosotros.

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How do we form a positive (affirmative) tú
command?

• one step too easy
• use the present tense
• usted form

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Practicamos tú

• Talk more slowly.
• (Hablar) _____________ más lentamente.
• Eat the dinner.
• (Comer) _____________ la cena.
• Clean your room.
• (Limpiar) _____________ tu cuarto.
• Think of me.
• (Pensar) _____________ en mi.

Habla
Come
Limpia
Piensa
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There are 8 Irregular Verbs
Mandatos tú(Affirmative (Positive) Tú Commands)
decir _________ Tell ! hacer _________ Do
! ir _________ Go ! poner _________ Put
! salir _________ Leave ! ser _________ Be
! tener _________ Have ! venir _________ Come !
di
haz
ve
pon
sal
sé
ten
ven
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Practicamos tú Affirmative Only

• Do your homework.
• (Hacer) _____________ tu tarea.
• Put the book here.
• (Poner) _____________ el libro aquí.
• Come with me.
• (Venir) _____________ conmigo.
• Go away.
• (Irse) _____________.

Haz
Pon
Ven
Vete
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Qué más?

• Vosotros plural informal commands
• The "vosotros" verb forms are primarily used in
• Spain, and are not, by and large, used in the
• Latin American countries.
• The affirmative vosotros command is formed by
• replacing the final "r" of the infinitive with
  "d."

Huh? Can I see what that looks like please??
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How do we form a positive (affirmative) vosotros
command?

• Yall come.
• (venir) ?
• Yall eat.
• (comer) ?
• Yall write.
• (escribir) ?

Venid.
Comed.
Escribid.
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Can we review all the command forms?
Help! Ayudar --- tú (present tense
ud.) usted (yo, drop o, add
opposites) nosotros (yo, drop o, add
opposites) vosotros (infinitive, drop r, add
d) ustedes (yo, drop o, add opposites)
ayuda
ayude
ayudemos
ayudad
ayuden
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Repasemos más
Listen! Escuchar --- tú (present tense
ud.) usted (yo, drop o, add
opposites) nosotros (yo, drop o, add
opposites) vosotros (infinitive, drop r,
add d) ustedes (yo, drop o, add opposites)
escucha
escuche
escuchemos
escuchad
escuchen
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Repasemos un verbo irregular
Put! Poner --- tú (irregular) usted
(yo, drop o, add opposites) nosotros (yo,
drop o, add opposites) vosotros (infinitive
, drop r, add d) ustedes (yo, drop o,
add opposites)
pon
ponga
pongamos
poned
pongan
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Repasemos otro verbo irregular
Go! Ir --- tú (irregular) usted (
irregular) nosotros (irregular) vosotros
(infinitive, drop r, add d) ustedes (i
rregular)
ve
vaya
vayamos
id
vayan