AFFIRMATIVE TÚ COMMANDS

UNIDAD 5 LECCIÓN 2

MICHAELSON

AFFIRMATIVE TÚ COMMANDS•ENGLISH GRAMMAR CONNECTION: IN BOTH SPANISH AND ENGLISH, _________________ARE USED TO TELL SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING. IN SPANISH, COMMANDS ARE EXPRESSED AS A ______________ OF THE VERB. THE TÚ COMMAND IS USED TO GIVE AN ORDER TO A CHILD, ANIMAL OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW WELL (ANYONE THAT YOU WOULD USE THE TÚ FORM WITH WHEN SPEAKING)

commands

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Take a minute to answer the three questions in your notes

AFFIRMATIVE TÚ COMMANDS

•DID YOU KNOW…YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW TO FORM TÚ COMMANDS??

AFFIRMATIVE TÚ COMMANDS •TO FORM A REGULAR COMMAND:

•TÚ AFFIRMATIVE COMMAND : IT IS THE SAME FORM AS THIRD PERSON SINGULAR OF THE PRESENT TENSE (ÉL, ELLA, UD.) OF THAT VERB.

AFFIRMATIVE TÚ COMMANDSTo state an affirmative (tú) command of most verbs,

Conjugate for third person singular.

Verb 3rd person Command Translation

caminar camina ¡Camina! Walk!

comer come ¡Come! Eat!

dormir duerme ¡Duerme! Sleep!

What shows the difference between the conjugation in the present tense and the command form of the verb?

AFFIRMATIVE TÚ COMMANDS

verbo en inglés

verbo en español

Ud.-form of verb

mandato afirmativo

1.  correr    

2. To bring      

3.  limpiar    

Write the following verbs as affirmative tú commands.

to run

to clean

traer

corre ¡corre!

trae ¡trae!

limpia ¡limpia!

IRREGULAR TÚ COMMANDS•THERE ARE A FEW POSITIVE TÚ COMMANDS THAT ARE

IRREGULAR. YOU WILL HAVE TO MEMORIZE THEM, AS THERE ISN’T A PATTERN TO FOLLOW.The following verbs have irregular tú commands

Infinitive Positive Command

hacer ________________

poner ________________

tener ________________

ir ________________

ser ________________

venir ________________

salir ________________

decir ________________

hazpontenve

disalvensé

IRREGULAR TÚ COMMANDS

•ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW IS - “ VIN DIESEL HAS TEN WEAPONS”Ven di sal haz ten ve pon sé

TÚ COMMANDS AND DOPNS•IF YOU USE AN AFFIRMATIVE COMMAND WITH A D.O.P.N., _______________________ TO THE _________ OF THE _______________. YOU MUST ADD AN ACCENT WHEN YOU ATTACH A PRONOUN TO A COMMAND OF TWO OR MORE SYLLABLES TO RETAIN THE ORIGINAL STRESS.

attach it end command

EJEMPLO• CIERRA LA VENTANA. CIÉRRALA

CLOSE THE WINDOW CLOSE IT.

•(ACCENT BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE THAN TWO SYLLABLES IN CIERRA)

PON LA MESA AHORA. →PONLA SET THE TABLE NOW SET IT NOW.

(NO ACCENT BECAUSE PON ONLY HAS ONE SYLLABLE)

ACABAR DE

•WHEN YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING JUST HAPPENED, YOU USE THE VERB PHRASE _____________________________.

acabar de + infinitiveDon’t forget you need to conjugate ‘acabar’!

ACABAR DEacabo acabamo

sacabas acabáisacaba Acaban

Ej: Acabamos de terminar la tarea.We just finished the homework.