Los Mandatos Afirmativos 
(positive tú commands) 
Unidad 4 Etapa 1
Informal Commands 
Informal commands (Tú 
commands) are used to tell a friend 
or family member to do something. 
It is not used to tell an adult 
(teacher) to do something.
Informal Commands 
Not to worry, the form is fairly 
simple to create. 
The tú command is the same as 
the él/ella form of the present 
tense.
Informal Commands 
Make no mistake about it, the 
tú command form and the él/ 
ella form are the same letter 
combination, but they are not 
used for the same people.
Informal Commands 
Infinitive Present (él/ella) Affirmative Tú 
Caminar Camina ¡Camina!
Informal Commands 
Infinitive Present (él/ella) Affirmative Tú 
Comer Come ¡Come!
Informal Commands 
Infinitive Present (él/ella) Affirmative Tú 
Abrir Abre ¡Abre!
Ask me once, ask me twice... 
Mom always ask us twice. 
Clean your room! 
Clean it!
Ask me once, ask me twice... 
Your room is the direct object 
because it is what you clean. 
You replace “your room” with 
“it.”
Ask me once, ask me twice... 
When we first learned about D.O.P. 
we said that we place them before 
the conjugated verbs. 
This is where the present tense and 
the command form differ.
Ask me once, ask me twice... 
Here we will attach them to the 
end of the command, BUT...
Ask me once, ask me twice... 
If you remember, the stress of 
word... 
When a word ends in a vowel, N 
or S, the stress of a word is placed 
over the second- to-last syllable.
Ask me once, ask me twice... 
And when a word ends in any 
other letter, the stress of a 
sound is over the last syllable.
Ask me once, ask me twice... 
Sacapuntas 
Sa/ca/pun/tas
Ask me once, ask me twice... 
Merendar 
Mer/en/dar
Ask me once, ask me 
When we add a syllable (such 
as a D.O.P) to the end of a 
word we need to add an 
accent over the original 
second to last syllable.
Ask me once, ask me twice... 
Cross the street (Cruzar / la calle) 
¡Cruza la calle! (“la” is the D.O.P.) 
¡Crúzala!
You try... 
Tomar el lápiz. 
¡Toma el lápiz! 
¡Tómalo!
You try... 
Limpiar tu cuarto 
¡Limpia tu cuarto! 
¡Límpialo!
You try... 
Invitar a las amigas buenas 
¡Invita a las amigas buenas! 
¡Invítalas!
The Irregular Tú Commands 
• Venir 
• Tener 
• Poner 
• Hacer 
• Salir 
• Ir 
• Decir 
• Ser 
• Ven 
• Ten 
• Pon 
• Haz 
• Sal 
• Ve 
• Di 
• Sé

Positive tú commands

  • 1.
    Los Mandatos Afirmativos (positive tú commands) Unidad 4 Etapa 1
  • 2.
    Informal Commands Informalcommands (Tú commands) are used to tell a friend or family member to do something. It is not used to tell an adult (teacher) to do something.
  • 3.
    Informal Commands Notto worry, the form is fairly simple to create. The tú command is the same as the él/ella form of the present tense.
  • 4.
    Informal Commands Makeno mistake about it, the tú command form and the él/ ella form are the same letter combination, but they are not used for the same people.
  • 5.
    Informal Commands InfinitivePresent (él/ella) Affirmative Tú Caminar Camina ¡Camina!
  • 6.
    Informal Commands InfinitivePresent (él/ella) Affirmative Tú Comer Come ¡Come!
  • 7.
    Informal Commands InfinitivePresent (él/ella) Affirmative Tú Abrir Abre ¡Abre!
  • 8.
    Ask me once,ask me twice... Mom always ask us twice. Clean your room! Clean it!
  • 9.
    Ask me once,ask me twice... Your room is the direct object because it is what you clean. You replace “your room” with “it.”
  • 10.
    Ask me once,ask me twice... When we first learned about D.O.P. we said that we place them before the conjugated verbs. This is where the present tense and the command form differ.
  • 11.
    Ask me once,ask me twice... Here we will attach them to the end of the command, BUT...
  • 12.
    Ask me once,ask me twice... If you remember, the stress of word... When a word ends in a vowel, N or S, the stress of a word is placed over the second- to-last syllable.
  • 13.
    Ask me once,ask me twice... And when a word ends in any other letter, the stress of a sound is over the last syllable.
  • 14.
    Ask me once,ask me twice... Sacapuntas Sa/ca/pun/tas
  • 15.
    Ask me once,ask me twice... Merendar Mer/en/dar
  • 16.
    Ask me once,ask me When we add a syllable (such as a D.O.P) to the end of a word we need to add an accent over the original second to last syllable.
  • 17.
    Ask me once,ask me twice... Cross the street (Cruzar / la calle) ¡Cruza la calle! (“la” is the D.O.P.) ¡Crúzala!
  • 18.
    You try... Tomarel lápiz. ¡Toma el lápiz! ¡Tómalo!
  • 19.
    You try... Limpiartu cuarto ¡Limpia tu cuarto! ¡Límpialo!
  • 20.
    You try... Invitara las amigas buenas ¡Invita a las amigas buenas! ¡Invítalas!
  • 21.
    The Irregular TúCommands • Venir • Tener • Poner • Hacer • Salir • Ir • Decir • Ser • Ven • Ten • Pon • Haz • Sal • Ve • Di • Sé