El imperativo en español

What are they ? The imperative or positive familiar Cammands (mandatos)

are used when you are telling (not just asking!) somebody to do something or giving him an order.

General rules Imperative mood only has one tense, the present tense.the present tense.

For the verbs ending in -ar:

tú (You) -a-austed (he, she, you

formal)--ee

For example hablar: hablar: Remove the -ar and keep Remove the -ar and keep habl- then add the habl- then add the endings endings

Tu- habl-aUsted – habl-e

For verbs in –er and –ir the endings are the other way out.

Tu – eUsted – a

For example the verb correr. Remove the –er –er and add the ending

tu Corr-e Usted Corr-a

For verbs in –ir do the same. Verb escribir. Remover the –ir –ir and add the ending.

Tu Escrib-eUsted Escrib-a

Reminder !!!

Commands

túusted  

hablar: -a,-e,¡Habla! ¡Hable!

comer: -e, -a, ¡Come! ¡Coma!

 vivir:   -e, -a,

¡Vive ¡Viva!

Let’s aim for tenten irregular ones,thenPoner –pon, ponga (go to present 1st person and then do the

changes)

Sacar- saca, saque Tener- ten, tenga ( go to present 1st person ) Seguir- sigue, siga ( go to present 1st person ) Hacer- haz, hagaSalir- sal, salga ( go to present 1st person ) Volver- vuelve, vuelvaEmpezar- empieza, empieceCerra- cierra- cierre. Traer- trae- traiga.