Span 2 Unit 3: Informal Commands

Informal Commands are:

• to state facts.

• to state opinions.

• to tell groups of people what to do.

• to tell a peer what to do.

The conjugations are different for affirmative and negative tú commands.

• True

• False

An affirmative command...

• is telling someone to do something.

• is stating a fact about something positive.

• is telling someone to not do something.

• is asking a question starting with no.

A negative command...

• is telling someone to do something.

• always has no in front.

• is not a command.

• is a question starting with no.

To form a regular affirmative tú command:

• drop the ending and add the opposite nosotros ending.

• change it to the yo form and add no.

• Leave it in the infinitive.

• change the verb to él / ella / ud. form in present tense.

To form a regular negative tú command:

• Add no, then change the verb to the yo form, drop the o, add the opposite tú ending.

• Leave it in the infinitive form.

• Change it to the él / ella / ud. form in the present tense.

• Change the verb to the yo form, drop the o, add the opposite tú ending.

Aff. - Hablar

• hablas

• habla

• no hables

• hables

Neg: Hablar

• hable

• no hablas

• no habla

• no hables

Aff: Decir

• dice

• digas

• di

• no di

Neg: Decir

• no di

• no digas

• digas

• no dicas