What are tu commands?
Overview. Tú commands are the singular form of informal commands. You can use affirmative tú commands to tell a friend, family member the same age as you or younger, classmate, child, or pet to do something. To tell somebody not to do something, you would use a negative tú command.
What are commands in Spanish?
Informal Spanish Commands – Affirmative & Negative
| verb | tú command (affirmative) | example |
|---|---|---|
| salir (to go out, to leave) | sal | Sal de aquí. (Get out of here.) |
| ser (to be) | sé | Sé un buen chico. (Be a good boy.) |
| tener (to have) | ten | Ten cuidado. (Be careful.) |
| venir (to come) | ven | Ven a mi casa. (Come to my house.) |
How do you formally form a command in Spanish?
To create an usted command, remember the mantra: form of yo, drop the – o, add the opposite ending. Think of the present tense yo form of the verb you want to make into an usted command, then drop the – o ending and add the él, ella, or usted ending normally used for the opposite kind of verb.
What are affirmative commands?
To tell someone you address as tú to do something, you use an. affirmative informal command. Example: shut the door, open the refrigerator, cut the carrots. To form the affirmative informal command of regular or stem.
What is the command form of decir?
She is a published author of fiction in Spanish. ‘Decir’ means ‘to say’ and ‘to tell’….Lesson Summary.
| Subject Pronoun | Decir Affirmative Command |
|---|---|
| (ustedes) | digan |
What are the forms of decir?
Decir in the Present Tense
| Subject Pronoun | Present Tense of Decir | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| yo | digo | I say/tell |
| tú | dices | you say/tell |
| él/ella/usted | dice | he/she says/tells, you (formal) say/tell |
| nosotros/as | decimos | we say/tell |