Commands/Mandatos en español

Commands/Mandatos en español

How to form informal commands in Spanish

Multiple Choice

What exactly do you think an affirmative command is?

• to firmly decline an offer

• to tell someone "informally" what to do

• who cares, I'll never use this anyway

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Multiple Choice

^{Let's practice!} How would you "tell" someone to sleep in an informal command in Spanish?

• duerme

• duerma

• me dormi

• dormir

Multiple Choice

^{Let's practice!} How would you "tell" someone to sing in an informal command in Spanish?

• cantas

• canta

• cantá

Multiple Choice

^{Let's practice!} How would you "tell" someone to study in an informal command in Spanish?

• estudia

• estudió

• estudiaba

Sra. Forte how am I going to learn all this?

Here's a pneumonic device to help you learn those irregulars.

VEN - venir

DI - decir

SAL - salir

HAZ - hacer

TEN - tener

VE - venir

PON - poner

SÉ - saber

Irregulars commands have the same stem change in the present yo form -go

• decir {yo form go verb) - di

• poner {yo form go verb) - pon

• salir {yo form go verb) - sal

• venir {yo form go verb) - ven

• tener {yo form go verb) - ten

• {not go verbs}

• ser - sé hacer - haz ir - ve

Multiple Choice

^{Let's practice!} How would you "tell" someone leave now in an informal command in Spanish?

• ¡salte ahora!

• ¡sal ahora!

• ¡sal mañana!

Multiple Choice

^{Let's practice!} How would you "tell" someone to set the table in an informal command in Spanish?

• Pon la mesa

• Ponga la mesa

• Pone la mesa

Multiple Choice

^{Let's practice!} How would you "tell" someone to come here in an informal command in Spanish?

• ¡Viné aquí!

• ¡Ven allá!

• ¡Ven aquí!

Multiple Choice

^{Let's practice!} How would you make the reflexive fall down in an informal command?

• caéte

• caerse

• caete

Multiple Choice

^{Let's practice!} How would you make the reflexive verb lavarse as a command.

• lavesé

• lávarse

• lávate

Poll

¿Crees que los mandatos imformales son difícil?

• ¡claro que si!

• más o menos

• ¡super difícil!