Negative commands

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Negative commands ​

Only certain verbs are irregular:

• venir --> ven

• decir --> di

• salir --> sal

• hacer --> haz

• tener --> ten

• ir --> ve

• poner --> pon

• ser --> sé

Irregular commands

Take the 3rd person singular form (él/ella/usted)

• Doblar (to turn) --> dobla

• Cruzar (to cross) --> cruza

Regular commands

Review affirmative commands

Multiple Choice

Translate: Dobla a la izquierda.

• Turn (to the) left.

• Don't turn (to the) left.

• Turn (to the) right.

• Turn around.

Multiple Choice

Translate: Go straight

• Va derecho.

• Va a la derecha.

• Ve derecho.

• Ve a la derecha.

Mandatos negativos

Don't do that

Negative commands are used to tell someone directly what not to do. Negative commands take the opposite ending that they normally would:

• Doblar--> no dobles (don't turn)

• Manejar--> no manejes (don't drive)

• Comer --> no comas (don't eat)

Multiple Choice

Choose the sign that represents this negative command: No dobles a la derecha.

Multiple Choice

Choose the sign that represents this negative command: No manejes aquí.

Mandatos negativos

Irregulares

There are irregular negative commands that follow various patterns. For the irregular commands, it's important to remember the "yo" form in the normal present tense for the verb.

These verbs are pretty much irregular in every verb tense:

Ir--> voy--> no vayas

Ser--> soy--> no seas

And then there are -car, -gar, -zar verbs:

sacar--> no saques

pagar--> no pagues

cruzar--> no cruces

These change so the sound stays the same

Just plain irregular

Tener--> tengo --> no tengas

Hacer --> hago --> no hagas

Venir --> vengo --> no vengas

Poner --> pongo --> no pongas

Decir --> digo --> no digas

Salir --> salgo --> no salgas

"Go" verbs

Irregular negative commands

Multiple Choice

Traduce: No dobles cuando cruzas el puente.

• Don't turn when you are crossing the bridge.

• Don't turn right on the bridge.

• Don't turn unless you are on the bridge.

• Don't go on the bridge.

Multiple Choice

Traduce: No comas en este restaurante.

• Don't eat at this restaurant.

• Don't go to this restaurant.

• Eat at this restaurant.

• Go to this restaurant.

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