Post on 28-Mar-2015
Negative Tú Commands
Realidades 3
Negative Tú CommandsTo form negative tú commands
with regular verbs, we drop the o of the present-tense yo form and add the following endings:
Negative Tú Commands
HABLARhablo habl es
No hables ahora
Negative Tú Commands
COMERcomo com as
No comas eso.
Negative Tú Commands
ABRIRabro abr as
No abras esa puerta.
Negative Tú CommandsThe same rule applies to verbs
whose present tense yo form ends in –go, -zco, -yo, and –jo.
Negative Tú CommandsSALIRNo salgas si estás enferma.
Negative Tú CommandsOFRECERNo les ofrezcas comida basura
a tus amigos.
Negative Tú CommandsESCOGERNo escojas comida con mucha
grasa.
Negative Tú CommandsNotice that -ar verbs take the
ending -es and that -er verbs take the ending -as.
In stem-changing verbs the stem change remains.
Negative Tú CommandsNo enciendas el horno.No añadas demasiado sal.No pongas los camarones en
la sartén todavía.
Negative Tú CommandsVerbs ending in -car, -gar, and
-zar have the following spelling changes in negative tú commands in order to maintain the original sound.
Negative Tú Commands
TOCAR
toco toqu es
No toques el piano.
-car (c…qu)
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LLEGAR
llego llegu es
No llegues tarde.
-gar (g…gu)
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CRUZAR
cruzo cruc es
No cruces aquí.
-zar (z…c)
Negative Tú Commands
Some verbs, such as ir, ser, dar, and estar have irregular negative tú command forms.
Negative Tú Commands
DarEstarIrSer
No desNo estésNo vayasNo seas
Negative Tú Commands
Remember that pronouns are attached to affirmative commands.
Negative Tú Commands
If the pronoun is added to a command form that has two or more syllables, write an accent mark on the syllable stressed in the present tense.
Negative Tú Commands
¿Pico las cebollas?Sí, pícalas.
Negative Tú Commands
With negative commands, pronouns always go right before the verb.
Negative Tú Commands
¿Pico los tomates también?No, no los piques.