(MEDC) - Informal Commands Lesson

Informal Commands

Affirmative Tú Commands  

It seems very strange, but to conjugate an affirmative  tú  command, we're actually going to use the indicative  él/ella/usted  form (not the tú  form) of the verb: 

Affirmative Tú Commands conjugation charts. Three charts left to right, Hablar, Correr, Repetir. Hablo, hablamas, corro, corremos, repito, repetimos. Hablas, habláis, corres, corréis, repites, repetís. Habla, hablan, corre, corren, repite, repiten

So how is this different form an usted command?

Remember, the  usted  command uses the subjunctive form, the  tú  form command uses the indicative. Here is a chart of both for comparison purposes:

Tú form command compared to usted form command conjugation chart. Headings left to right are hablar, correr, repetir. Chart left to right, tú, habla, corre, repite, usted, hable corra, repita

As you can see, there is usually only a difference of one letter between an  usted  command and a  tú command. (The difference between a polite apology and an insult is the difference between  perdóneme and  perdóname.)  

Negative Tú Commands  

Watch the following 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.  This should be simple since we are using the subjunctive with usted  and  ustedes  commands, but it means that you have to pay close attention to make sure you use the correct form.

Negative tú commands are conjugated using this form of the subjunctive:

Negative tú commands conjugation chart. Three charts left to right, Hablar, Correr, Repetir. Hable, hablemos, corra, corramos, repita, repitamos, hables, habléis, corras, corráis, repitas, repitáis, hable, hablen, corra, corran, repita, repitan

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

Irregular Tú Commands  

And now is the time to review irregular tú commands. Watch this grammar video lesson below. Pause the video when needed and take as many notes as you would like! 

Irregular Affirmative and Negative Tú Commands chart. Headings left to right Verbs, Affirmative Command, Negative Command. Venir, to come, ven, no vengas, Decir, to say, di, no digas, Salir, to go out, sal, no salgas, Hacer, to do, haz, no hagas, Tener, to have, ten, no tengas, Venir, to come, ve, no vengas, Poner, to put, pon, no pongas

 

¡Vamos a Repasar!   

Now, let's review affirmative, negative, and irregular tú commands. Please complete the following activity.

 

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