By: Devin Livingston

How To Do Spanish Familiar Commands

1. The first step to an affirmative command is to conjugate your verb for “yo” in present tense.

2. Next, you drop the “o” off of the end.3. Lastly, you add the third person

ending for the verb on the endFor –ar verbs, add “a”For –er/ir verbs, add “e”

Affirmative Familiar Commands:

1. Conjugate for “yo”2. Drop “o”3. Add third person ending

In a simpler form, the affirmative command steps.

Start with your verb

-Nadar

Here is an example of how you would tell someone to swim.

Here is an example of how you would tell someone to swim.

NadarConjugate for yo

-Nado

Drop the “o”-NadAdd third person ending-Nada

So, this is how you say, “Swim!”“¡Nada!”

Here is how you would tell someone to read the

book.

Lets try one for an er/ir verb now. Leer1. Leo2. Le3. Lee“ Read the

book.”“Lee el libro.”

Here are a few to try on your own.

A. Escribo

B. Escribe

C. Escriben

D. Escrabe

Choose the correct affirmative command form of escribir.

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A.Lave

B.Leva

C.Lavo

D. Lava

The affirmative command of lavar

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A. Come la comida.

B. Coma la comida.

C. Cama la comida.

D. Came la comida.

“Eat the food.”--->

A. Nada

B. Bebe

C. Cante

D. Camina

Which of these is an incorrect form of an informal command?

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Now that you have that down, it’s time for negative familiar

commands.

You use almost the same steps as affirmative commands!

1. Conjugate for “yo”2. Drop “o”3. Add third person ending

But this time you add just two

more steps, and one small change

1. Conjugate for “yo”2. Drop “o”3. Add “e” for –ar verbs

Add “a” for –er/ir verbs4. - Add an “s” to the end of the verb5. - Add “no” before the verb

1. Nado

Lets use nadar again to tell someone not to swim.

2. Nad3. Nade

4. Nades5. No nades

“Don’t swim.”“No nades.”

1. Leo

Don’t read the book.

2. Le3. Lea4. Leas5. No leas

“Don’t read the book.”

“No leas el libro.”

A. No Bebe

B. No Bebes

C. Bebes

D. No Bebas

Choose the correct negative familiar command form of beber

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“Don’t eat the food.”

A. No comes la comida.

B. No comas la comida.

C. Camas la comida.

D. No Camas la comida.

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A. ¡No lees!

B. ¡No Nades!

C. ¡No comas!

D. ¡No cantes!

What negative informal command is incorrect?

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And that’s how you do familiar commands.

-Thank You!