Negative T

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Negative Tú Commands
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Negative Tú Commands

• To form negative tú commands with regular verbs,
  we drop the o of the present-tense yo form and
  add the following endings

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Negative Tú Commands
HABLAR
es
habl
hablo
No hables ahora
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Negative Tú Commands
COMER
as
com
como
No comas eso.
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Negative Tú Commands
ABRIR
as
abr
abro
No abras esa puerta.
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Negative Tú Commands

• Notice that -ar verbs take the ending -es and
  that -er verbs take the ending -as.
• In stem-changing verbs the stem change remains.

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Negative Tú Commands

• No enciendas el horno.
• No añadas demasiado sal.
• No pongas los camarones en la sartén todavía.

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Negative Tú Commands

• Verbs ending in -car, -gar, and -zar have the
  following spelling changes in negative tú
  commands in order to maintain the original sound.

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Negative Tú Commands
-car (cqu)
TOCAR
toco
toqu
es
No toques el piano.
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Negative Tú Commands
-gar (ggu)
LLEGAR
llego
llegu
es
No llegues tarde.
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Negative Tú Commands
-zar (zc)
CRUZAR
cruzo
cruc
es
No cruces aquí.
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Negative Tú Commands

• Some verbs, such as ir, ser, dar, and estar have
  irregular negative tú command forms.

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Negative Tú Commands

• Dar
• Estar
• Ir
• Ser

• No des
• No estés
• No vayas
• No seas

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Negative Tú Commands

• Remember that pronouns are attached to
  affirmative commands.

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Negative Tú Commands

• If the pronoun is added to a command form that
  has two or more syllables, write an accent mark
  on the syllable stressed in the present tense.

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Negative Tú Commands

• Pico las cebollas?
• Sí, pícalas.

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Negative Tú Commands

• With negative commands, pronouns always go right
  before the verb.

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Negative Tú Commands

• Pico los tomates también?
• No, no los piques.