¡A viajar! Gramática 2

Informal commands of spelling-change and irregular verbs

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• Verbs with spelling changes

• Irregular informal command forms

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Verbs with spelling changes

• Verbs ending in -ger, -gir, -guir, -car, -gar, and -zar have spelling changes in some command forms.

no empiecesempieza-zar

z changes to c

no lleguesllega-gar

g changes to gu

no busquesbusca-car

c changes to qu

no sigassigue-guir

gu changes to g

no recojasrecoge-ger, -gir

g changes to j

negativeaffirmative

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Shortcut

For positive regular commands, go to the Tu presente and drop the s

Example: lavas-->lava

For negative regular commands, go to the Yo form, drop o and add correct ending

Example: lavo-->no laves

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Spelling changes

• Verbs ending in -ger, -gir, -guir, -car, -gar, and -zar have spelling changes in some command forms.

Llega temprano al aeropuerto y busca a tus amigos.

No llegues tarde.

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Irregular informal command forms

• Some verbs have irregular informal command forms.

no vengasvenvenir

no tengastentener

no seasséser

no salgassalsalir

no pongasponponer

no vayasveir

no hagashazhacer

negativeaffirmative

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Irregular informal command forms

• Some verbs have irregular informal command forms.

Ve al aeropuerto en taxi.

No dejes nada en el taxi.