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Commands
how they are formed and some examples
English | Spanish |
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to form tú commands | tú form of verb minus -s |
to form Ud. commands | Ud. form of verb except with the opposite end vowel |
to form nos. commands | nosotros form of verb with opposite vowel |
to form Uds. commands | Uds. form of verb except with opposite end vowel |
all commands just change to opposite vowel, excpet tú, where you just drop the -s | EASY ;) |
You sing! You eat! You write! (informal) | ¡Canta! ¡Come! ¡Escribe! |
You sing! You eat! You write! (formal) | ¡Cante! ¡Coma! ¡Escriba! |
We sing! We eat! We write! | ¡Cantemos! ¡Comamos! ¡Escribamos! |
You (all) sing! You (all) eat! You (all) write! | ¡Canten! ¡Coman! ¡Escriban! |
Pronouns are attached to the END of affirmative commands | ¡Cántalo! ¡Cómelos! ¡Escríbela! |
Pronouns are before the verb in negative commands | ¡No lo cantes! ¡No los comas! ¡No la escribas! |
Why are there accents in the affirmative commands w pronouns? | Adding a syllable requires an accent to be placed over the syllable that was the next-to-the-last prior to adding on the new syllable. |
irregular verb stems: tener | ten |
venir | ven |
salir | sal |
poner | pon |
hacer | haz |
ser | sé |
ir | ve |
decir | di |
for negative commands w verbs that are irregular in the yo form present tense, remove the "o" and add -as | okkk |
Negative tú, Ud., and Uds. (tener) | no tengas, no tenga, no tengan |
Negative tú, Ud., and Uds. (venir) | no vengas, no venga, no vengan |
Negative tú, Ud., and Uds. (salir) | no salgas, no salga, no salgan |
Negative tú, Ud., and Uds. (poner) | no pongas, no ponga, no pongan |
Negative tú, Ud., and Uds. (hacer) | no hagas, no haga, no hagan |
Negative tú, Ud., and Uds. (concocer) | no conozcas, no conozca, no conozcan |
Negative tú, Ud., and Uds. (decir) | no digas, no diga, no digan |