Familiar Commands• Commands are use to give instructions or to ask

people to do things. In Spanish, there are different forms for the formal (usted/ustedes) and the familiar (tú/vosotros) address.

• The affirmative tThe affirmative tú commandsú commands have the same form as the third-person singular of the present indicative.( -ar verbs change the ending to -a; -er and -ir verbs change the ending to -e.) Hablar habla tú, comer come tú, escribir escribe tú.

Negative commandsNegative commands of -ar verbs are formed by adding -es to the stem of the first-person singular of the present indicative.

No peles las papas ahora.

• Most of the negative commandsnegative commands of -er and -ir verbs are formed by adding -as to the stem of the first-person singular of the present indicative.

No batas los huevos ahora.

Irregular Familiar Commands. • Decir di no digas

• Hacer haz no hagas

• poner pon no pongas

• salir sal no salgas

• tener ten no tengas

• venir ven no vengas

• ir ve no vayas

• ser sé no seas

Tú commands with one object pronoun

• With affirmative commandsaffirmative commands, direct and indirect object pronouns must follow the command form and be attached to it. (Don´t forget that when an object pronoun is attached to the command form of two or more syllables, an accent mark is added to show that the stress of the original verb remains the same.)

Compra el pollo frito.

Cómpralo.

• With negative commandsnegative commands, direct and indirect object pronouns are placed between no and the command form.

No pagues la cuenta.

No la pagues.