Irregular Commands

Mandatos Irregulares- Irregular Commands

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​Review of commands

​So far we have learned about affirmative and negative commands.

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​Let's review what we know.

​Affirmative commands

• tú commands use 3rd person conjugation- (e.g. corre, habla, come)

• ​vosotros commands drop the "r" and add a "d"- (e.g. corred, hablad, comed)

• usted, ustedes and nosotros commands keep regular present tense form but flip the ending.

  • ​​usted- (e.g. corra, hable, coma)

    ​ustedes- (e.g. corran, hablen, coman)

    ​nosotros- (e.g. corramos, hablemos, comamos)

• ​All RID pronouns MUST ATTACH to the affirmative commands. Remember, AAA- Always Attach to Affirmative

​Negative commands

• All negative commands keep regular present tense form but flip the ending.

• ​​All RID pronouns must go before conjugated verb or can also go attached to progressive participle or attached to infinitive

• N.A.N. - Never attach to the negative

-tú (no corras, no hables)​

-usted- (e.g. no corra, no hable)

​-nosotros- (e.g. no corramos, no hablemos)

-vosotros- (e.g. no corráis, no habléis

-ustedes- (e.g. no corran, no hablen)

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​Irregular commands

​The good news is that the irregular verbs will MOSTLY follow the same general rules as the affirmative and negative commands.

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​The main differences are in the following:

1. the informal tú affirmative commands are completely different

2. the stems for when you have to flip are different

First let's see which verbs are irregular for the affirmative tú commands​

​Remember, affirmative tú commands are used when speaking to a friend, a sibling or a classmate if you want them to DO SOMETHING

​venir

​decir

​salir

​hacer

​tener

​ir

​poner

​ser

​to come

​to say/tell

​to leave

​to do/make

​to have

​to go

​to put

​to be

​Irregular verbs for commands

​American Actor Vin Diesel is going to help us remember these with a useful mnemonic.

​Say this out loud with your best foreign accent:

​Vin Diesel has ten weapons, eh?

​venir

​decir

​salir

​hacer

​tener

​ir

​poner

​ser

​ven

​di

​sal

​haz

​ten

​ve

​pon

​sé

​Irregular verbs for commands

Vin Diesel has ten weapons, eh?

HINT: Say the "Vin Diesel" mnemonic as you go through these.​

Vin Diesel has ten weapons, eh?​

Fill in the Blanks

¡

(venir) aquí!

(Come here!)

Fill in the Blanks

¡

(decir) la verdad!

(Tell the truth)

Fill in the Blanks

¡

(salir) ahora!

(Leave now!)

Fill in the Blanks

¡

(hacer) la tarea!

(Do the homework!)

Fill in the Blanks

¡

(tener) paciencia!

(Have patience!)

Fill in the Blanks

¡

(ir) a la casa!

(Go home!)

Fill in the Blanks

¡

(poner) la comida en la mesa!

(Put the food on the table!)

Fill in the Blanks

¡

(ser) bueno!

(Be good!)

And now with some RID pronouns!​

Remember AAA- Always Attach to the Affirmative​

​And remember the order Reflexive, Indirect, Direct

Multiple Choice

Make the bed. = Haz la cama. Make it. = ______

• Hazlo

• Hazla

Multiple Choice

Tell the secret. = Di el secreto. Tell it. = ______

• Dilo

• Dila

• Lo di

• La di

Multiple Choice

Put the food on the table. Pon la comida en la mesa.

Put it on the table = _______ en la mesa

• la pon

• Pon la

• Ponla

• Ponela

Multiple Choice

Put on the coat. Ponerse. Put it on. = _______

• Pon lo te

• Te pon lo

• Póntelo

Multiple Choice

Tell me the answer= Dime la respuesta. Tell it to me = 

• dicemela

• dímela

• me la di

Multiple Choice

Hold the plate for me. Ten el plato para mí. Hold it for me =

• Ténmelo

• me lo ten

• ténlome

What about affirmative commands to others?

Such as to "usted" or "nosotros" or "ustedes"?

​venir

​decir

​salir

​hacer

​tener

​ir

​poner

​ser

veng-

dig-

salg-

hag-

teng-

vay-

pong-

se-

​Irregular stems for commands other than tú

Most forms just add a "g". Hacer drops the "z" frist then adds "g". IR is just different. Ser drops the accent.

​Now that you know the stems, you'll simply follow the same pattern as for regular affirmative commands.

​Remember- for usted, ustedes and nosotros commands, use the same present tense form and simply FLIP THE ENDING.

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​usted- venga, tenga, ponga, haga, etc.

​ustedes- vengan, tengan, pongan, hagan, etc.

​nosotros- vengamos, tengamos, pongamos, hagamos, etc.

​FYI- vosotros commands are not irregular for the Vin Diesel verbs and they will follow same rules as all other affirmative vosotros commands. Drop the "r" add a "d".

¡Practiquemos!​

Let's practice​

Multiple Choice

decir/ustedes

Tell the truth = ________ la verdad

• digan

• dicen

• decen

• digamos

Multiple Choice

sal/usted

Leave at 8 = ________ a las 8

• salga

• salgamos

• sale

• sal

Multiple Choice

ir/ustedes

Go to the store = ________ a la tienda

• vayan

• ven

• van

• vaya

Multiple Choice

venir/vosotros

Come! = ________

• venid

• vengad

• ven

• venís

Multiple Choice

ser/usted

Be patient = ________ paciente

• sea

• sé

Multiple Choice

hacer/nosotros

Let's make it (dinner) = ________ (la cena)

(remember AAA)

• hagámosla

• la hagamos

• la haz

• hazamosla

Ok, so what about the negatives?​

Don't tell me there are more rules please.​

​Negative Irregular Commands

​Negative Irregular Commands will follow the same rules as regular negative commands, you just have to use the new stems that we just learned.

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​​Let's review what those were again.

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​venir

​decir

​salir

​hacer

​tener

​ir

​poner

​ser

veng-

dig-

salg-

hag-

teng-

vay-

pong-

se-

​Irregular stems for commands other than tú

Most forms just add a "g". Hacer drops the "z" frist then adds "g". IR is just different. Ser drops the accent.

​Negative Irregular Commands

​So for all persons that you command, simply use the new stem and use the FLIPPED present tense verb endings! See example:

​

​Venir

​tú- no vengas

​usted- no venga

​nosotros- no vengamos

​vosotros- no vengáis

​ustedes- no vengan

¡Practiquemos!​

Let's practice​

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​Remember with negatives, RID pronouns DON'T attach. They can go before the conjugated verb, attached to the infinitive or attached to the progressive participle.

Multiple Choice

decir/tú

Don't tell lies = ________ mentiras

• no digas

• no di

• no dices

• no dijo

Multiple Choice

sal/usted

Don't leave late = ________ tarde

• no salga

• no salgan

• no sale

• no sal

Multiple Choice

irse/ustedes

Don't go  = ________ 

FYI: IR when reflexive means specifically "to leave"

• no se vayan

• no vayanse

• no te vas

• no se van

Multiple Choice

ser/usted

Don't be bad = ________ malo

• no sea

• no es

• no sean

• sea no

Multiple Choice

hacer/nosotros

Let's not make it (dinner) = ________ (la cena)

• No la hagamos

• no hagamosla

• no la haz

• no hazamosla

Multiple Choice

decir/tú

Don't tell it to her = ________ 

• no se lo digas

• no le lo digas

• No digas lo le

• No di se lo

Poll

How do you feel about irregular commands?

• I'm a pro

• I'm starting to catch on

• I really don't get it