Affirmative T Commands Mandatos Afirmativos con t Mandatos

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Affirmative Tú Commands

• Mandatos Afirmativos con tú

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Mandatos Afirmativos Con Tú(Affirmative tú
Commands)

• When you tell someone to do something you are
  using an affirmative command.
• When you tell one person (a friend or family
  member) in Spanish to do something you are using
  an affirmative tú command.
• For example Give me your homework/ Tell me
  the answers to the Spanish test/ Go away are
  commands.

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• Here is how you give an affirmative command to
  someone you address as tú
• for regular and Boot verbs
• USE the él / ella / Ud. form
• of the present tense

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• Elena is answering the phone
• Elena contesta el teléfono.
• Elena, answer the phone! (command)
• Elena, contesta el teléfono!
• Pepe opens the door.
• Pepe abre la puerta.
• Pepe, open the door ! (command)
• Pepe, abre la puerta!

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• Graciela is coming back early
• Graciela vuelve temprano.
• Graciela, come back early! (command)
• Graciela, vuelve temprano !
• All boot verbs keep their stem change in the
  command form

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Irregular Verbs

• Not all verbs form the affirmative command with
  the él / ella/ Ud. form of the present tense
• The following irregular verbs have different tú
  command forms
• Venir, tener, poner, salir, decir
• hacer, ir, ser

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• To form the command form of
• Venir, tener, poner, salir, decir
• Use the YO form and take off the go
• venir? vengo ? ven Come!
• tener ? tengo ? ten Take!
• poner ? pongo ? pon Put!
• salir ? salgo ? sal Leave!
• decir ? digo ? di Say!

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• The command forms of
• hacer, ir, ser are IRREGULAR and need to be
  memorized.
• hacer? haz Do!
• Ir ? ve Go!
• Ser ? sé Be!

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Test yourself! Put the following phrases into
commands.

• Write your name.
• Escribe tu nombre.
• Do your homework.
• Haz la tarea.
• Repeat the answer.
• Repite la respuesta.
• Put your book on the floor.
• Pon tu libro en el suelo.
• Take out your book.
• Saca tu libro.

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What about these chores?Tell someone to do them!

• Cut the grass.
• Corta el césped.
• Sweep the floor.
• Barre el suelo.
• Clean the dishes.
• Lava los platos.
• Vacuum in the living room.
• Pasa la aspiradora en la sala.
• Clean your room.
• Limpia tu dormitorio.

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BUENO.

• Time to practice
• Practica! Ve a los juegos de Quia y juega!