Repaso: Los mandatos informalesInformal CommandsEspañol 3

When you want to tell someone what to do: You need to be able to make a

command. In English, a command is when you tell

someone, “Sit down.”, “Don’t smoke.”, etc.

To make an informal (tú) positive command in Spanish:

Práctica 1. Sleep now!

¡Duerme ahora!

2. Speak! ¡Habla!

Irregular positive“tú” commands: Unfortunately,

there is a list! They correspond

to verbs that have an irregular “yo” form:

There is a pattern: Ten Ven Pon Sal Haz Di Sé Ve

Tener (tengo) Venir (vengo) Poner (pongo) Salir (salgo) Hacer (hago) Decir (digo) Ser (soy) Ir (voy)

Luckily, there is also a song: It goes to the tune of

“Hava Nagila”, the Jewish wedding song. Remember from Wedding Crashers?

The words are:

Ten Ven Pon Sal Haz Repeat Di Sé Ve

Now for negative “tú” commands: There are a couple

of easy rules: Take the “yo” Drop the “o” Add the opposite

ending. Put a “no” in front

and an “s” at the end.

(The opposite ending is an “e” for –ar verbs and and “a” for –er & –ir verbs.

Por ejemplo

Hablar►hablo► Habl► Hable► ¡No hables!

Comer►como► Com► Coma► ¡ No comas!

Asistir ►asisto► Asist► Asista► ¡No asistas!

A couple of notes: When the command

is positive, and the verb is reflexive, the reflexive pronoun is placed at the end, hanging on to the command.

First conjugate the verb into a command, then put the pronoun at the end.

Relajarse► Relaja► ¡Relájate!

For negative commands with reflexives: The reflexive

pronoun goes BEFORE the conjugated verb.

Relajarse► Relajo► Relaj► Relaje► No relajes…and

finally: ¡No te relajes!

Más práctica 3. Don’t smoke! ¡No fumes!

4. Relax! ¡Relájate!

5. Take care of yourself!

5. ¡CuÍdate!

6. Alleviate stress!

6. ¡Alevia el estrés!

7. Don’t live a hectic life!

7. ¡No lleves una vida agitada!

8. Take things calmly!

8. ¡Toma las cosas con calma!