LQH: Gramática Lesson - Negative Tú Commands

Negative Tú Commands

Watch this grammar video lesson. Pause the video when needed and take as many notes as you would like! Test your knowledge towards the end of this video lesson with the matching activity practice provided  

Changing regular (affirmative) tú commands into negative ones is more difficult than changing usted and ustedes commands. In addition to adding a no, we're going to conjugate the verb in the subjunctive tú form.

Conjugation Review - Subjunctive Tú Forms

hablar		correr		repetir
hable	hablemos	corra	corramos	repita	repitamos
HABLES	habléis	CORRAS	corráis	REPITAS	repitáis
hable	hablen	corra	corran	repita	repitan

Comparing Affirmative and Negative Tú Commands

So how do affirmative and negative tú form commands compare? Here are some examples:

Affirmative vs. Negative Tú Command Forms

Command Form	hablar	correr	repetir
Affirmative	habla	corre	repite
Negative	no hables	no corras	no repitas

There are no irregular negative tú form commands, however there are many irregular subjunctive conjugations such as:

Affirmative vs. Negative Tú Command Forms - Irregular Verbs

Command Form	dar	ser	ir
Affirmative	da	sé	ve
Negative	no des	no seas	no vayas

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