Spanish Imperative

Regular Affirmative Commands

Verb, in the third person form, when used as an affirmative command in the tú form

Ex: Study! ¡Estudia!

Regular Negative Commands

1) Present tense yo form of the verb

2) Remove the yo stem

3) For -ar verbs, add -es. For -er and -ir verbs, add -as

Ex: Don't speak! ¡No hables!

Ex: Don't eat! ¡No comas!

Decir

Di

No digas

Hacer

Haz

No hagas

Ir

Ve

No vayas

Poner

Pon

No pongas

Salir

Sal

No salgas

Ser

Sé

No seas

Tener

Ten

No tengas

Venir

Ven

No vengas

Affirmative commands with object pronouns

With an affirmative command, the object pronoun will be attached directly to the end of the verb in its imperative form.

*If there are three syllables+, the accent goes on the first usually; take off the ending and put it on the next to last syllable

RID

Ex: Study it! ¡Estudialo!

Negative commands with object pronouns

The object pronouns will precede he verb in its imperative form; independent of the verb; RID rule applies

Ex: Don't study it! ¡No lo estudies!