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UNIDAD 5 LECCIN 2
MICHAELSON

AFFIRMATIVE T COMMANDS
ENGLISH GRAMMAR CONNECTION: IN BOTH SPANISH AND

commands
ENGLISH, _________________ARE
USED TO TELL SOMEONE
TO DO SOMETHING. IN SPANISH, COMMANDS ARE EXPRESSED AS
form
A ______________
OF THE VERB. THE T COMMAND IS
USED TO GIVE AN ORDER TO A CHILD, ANIMAL OR SOMEONE YOU
KNOW WELL (ANYONE THAT YOU WOULD USE THE T FORM WITH
WHEN SPEAKING)

Take a minute to answer the three questions in your notes

AFFIRMATIVE T COMMANDS

DID YOU KNOWYOU ALREADY

KNOW HOW TO FORM T
COMMANDS??

AFFIRMATIVE T COMMANDS

TO FORM A REGULAR COMMAND:

T AFFIRMATIVE COMMAND : IT IS THE SAME

FORM AS THIRD PERSON SINGULAR OF THE

PRESENT TENSE (L, ELLA, UD.) OF THAT VERB.

AFFIRMATIVE T COMMANDS
To state an affirmative (t) command of most verbs,

Conjugate for third person singular.

Verb

3rd person

Command

Translation

caminar camina

Camina!

Walk!

comer

come

dormir

duerme

Come!
Duerme!

Eat!
Sleep!

What shows the difference between the conjugation

in the present tense and the command form of the verb?

AFFIRMATIVE T COMMANDS
Write the following verbs as affirmative t commands.
verbo en
ingls
1.

verbo en
espaol
correr

Ud.-form of
verb

corre

mandato
afirmativo

corre!

2. To bring

traer

trae

trae!

limpiar

to run

3.

to clean

limpia

limpia!

IRREGULAR T COMMANDS

THERE ARE A FEW POSITIVE T COMMANDS THAT ARE IRREGULAR. YOU

WILL HAVE TO MEMORIZE THEM, AS THERE ISNT A PATTERN TO FOLLOW.

The following verbs have irregular t commands
Infinitive

Positive Command

hacer

________________

poner

________________

tener

________________

ir

________________

ser

________________

venir

________________

salir

________________

decir

________________

haz
pon
ten
ve
s
ven
sal
di

IRREGULAR T COMMANDS

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW IS - VIN DIESEL HAS TEN

WEAPONS Ven di sal haz ten ve pon s

T COMMANDS AND DOPNS

IF YOU USE AN AFFIRMATIVE COMMAND WITH A

attach it
D.O.P.N., _______________________
TO THE
end OF THE _______________.
command
_________
YOU
MUST ADD AN ACCENT WHEN YOU ATTACH A
PRONOUN TO A COMMAND OF TWO OR MORE
SYLLABLES TO RETAIN THE ORIGINAL STRESS.

EJEMPLO
CIERRA LA VENTANA. CIRRALA
WINDOW CLOSE IT.

CLOSE THE

(ACCENT BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE THAN TWO SYLLABLES IN

CIERRA)

PON LA MESA AHORA. PONLA

IT NOW.

SET THE TABLE NOW SET

(NO ACCENT BECAUSE PON ONLY HAS ONE SYLLABLE)

ACABAR DE

WHEN YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING

JUST HAPPENED, YOU USE THE VERB

PHRASE
acabar de + infinitive
_____________________________
Dont forget you need to conjugate acabar!
.

ACABAR DE
acabo
acabas
acaba

acabamos
acabis
Acaban

Ej: Acabamos de
terminar la tarea.
We just
finished the
homework.