Negative Tú Commands Page 122 – Chapter 3 Realidades 3
Negative Tú Commands ✘To form negative tú commands with regular verbs, we drop the o of the presenttense yo form and add the following endings:
Negative Tú Commands HABLAR hablo No hables ahora
habl
es
Negative Tú Commands COMER como No comas eso.
com
as
Negative Tú Commands ABRIR abro
abr
No abras esa puerta.
as
Negative Tú Commands ✘The same rule applies to verbs whose present tense yo form ends in –go, -zco, -yo, and –jo.
Negative Tú Commands ✘SALIR ✘No salgas si estás enferma.
Negative Tú Commands ✘OFRECER ✘No les ofrezcas comida basura a tus amigos.
Negative Tú Commands ✘ESCOGER ✘No escojas comida con mucha grasa.
Negative Tú Commands ✘Notice that -ar verbs take the ending -es and that -er verbs take the ending -as. ✘In stem-changing verbs the stem change remains.
Negative Tú Commands ✘No enciendas el horno. ✘No añadas demasiado sal. ✘No pongas los camarones en la sartén todavía.
Negative Tú Commands ✘Verbs ending in -car, -gar, and -zar have the following spelling changes in negative tú commands in order to maintain the original sound.
Negative Tú Commands
car (c…qu) TOCAR toco
toqu
No toques el piano.
es
Negative Tú Commands
gar (g…gu) LLEGAR llego
llegu
No llegues tarde.
es
Negative Tú Commands
zar (z…c) CRUZAR cruzo
cruc
No cruces aquí.
es
Negative Tú Commands ✘Some verbs, such as ir, ser, dar, and estar have irregular negative tú command forms.
Negative Tú Commands ✘Dar ✘Estar ✘Ir ✘Ser
✘No des ✘No estés ✘No vayas ✘No seas
Negative Tú Commands ✘Remember that pronouns are attached to affirmative commands.
Negative Tú Commands ✘If the pronoun is added to a command form that has two or more syllables, write an accent mark on the syllable stressed in the present tense.
Negative Tú Commands ✘¿Pico las cebollas? ✘Sí, pícalas.
Negative Tú Commands ✘With negative commands, pronouns always go right before the verb.
Negative Tú Commands ✘¿Pico los tomates también? ✘No, no los piques.