Section Three - Part B

¡Canta la canción! ¡Vengan aquí! ¡Vayamos al cine!

What do these three sentences have in common? They are all commands.

Do you remember how to form the imperative (that's the grammatical term for a command)? Let's review the pattern:

Pronouns are attached onto the end of an affirmative command.

¡Cántalo! ¡Cómelos! ¡Escríbela!

N.B. Adding a syllable requires an accent to be placed over the syllable that was the next-to-the last prior to adding on the new syllable.

In a negative command, pronouns go before the verb.

¡No lo cantes! ¡No los comas! ¡No la escribas!

Los Irregulares
As with all things, there are several verbs whose familiar imperative is irregular. Let's review these.

In order to form the negative imperative of those verbs that are irregular in the -yo form in the present tense, we first go to the yo form, then remove the o, then we will add -as. In this table, you can see that we have the yo form of the present tense, already without the o, so that you can see what the stem of these are going to be.

In this chart, you can see what the negative tú imperative and then the Ud. and Uds. would be for these irregular verbs. The nosotros also uses this stem.

Práctica Escrita
Imagínate que les das instrucciones o consejos a tus amigos. Escribe imperativos lógicos para los verbos en la tabla. Escribe esta actividad en tu cuaderno. Haz clic en el infinitivo para ver una respuesta lógica.

Avanza a la Parte 3C.