negative tú commands
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Negative Tú Commands. P. 356 Realidades 2. 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:. Negative Tú Commands. HABLAR. es. habl. hablo. No hables ahora. Negative Tú Commands. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
P. 356Realidades 2
To form negative tú commands with regular verbs, we drop the o of the present-tense yo form and add the following endings:
HABLARhablo habl es
No hables ahora
COMERcomo com as
No comas eso.
ABRIRabro abr as
No abras esa puerta.
Notice that -ar verbs take the ending -es and that -er verbs take the ending -as.
In stem-changing verbs the stem change remains.
No enciendas el horno.No añadas demasiado sal.
No pongas los camarones en la sartén todavía.
Verbs ending in -car, -gar, and -zar have the following spelling changes in negative tú commands in order to maintain the original sound.
TOCAR
toco toqu es
No toques el piano.
-car (c…qu)
LLEGAR
llego llegu es
No llegues tarde.
-gar (g…gu)
CRUZAR
cruzo cruc es
No cruces aquí.
-zar (z…c)
Some verbs, such as ir, ser, dar, and estar have irregular negative tú command forms.
DarEstarIrSer
No desNo estésNo vayasNo seas
Remember that pronouns are attached to affirmative 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.
¿Pico las cebollas?Sí, pícalas.
With negative commands, pronouns always go right before the verb.
¿Pico los tomates también?
No, no los piques.