# 36. Familiar Tú Commands

- **Time range:** 02:43:50 – 02:50:50  (duration 00:07:00)
- **Source:** [A Complete Guide To Every Fundamental In Spanish (The Conclusion)](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YHDZSHCt1DE&t=9830s)

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**[02:43:50]** language familiar two commands in

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> Familiar Tu Commands

**[02:43:52]** Spanish is a singular informal way to

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> Familiar Ta Commands A singular informal way to tell someone what to do when you speak to them

**[02:43:54]** tell someone what to do when you speak to them in English this concept is very simple because it doesn't matter what verb we use its form in the infinitive will always stay the same saying you speak can mean one thing but saying Speak can generate a command and it's the same form with any verb in English

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> Eat your food! Tie your shoes! Look up! Get up! Leave now!

**[02:44:09]** like eat your food tie your shoes look up get up leave now and so on the reason why it's easy in English is because the Comm and always stays in the same form

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> Eat your food! Tie your shoes! Look up! Get up! Leave now!

**[02:44:16]** as the infinitive Spanish however modifies these words both in the affirmative and negative two commands without needing the pronoun two regular

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> -ar, -er, -ir verb endings: fe) amos/emos/imos as/es ais/éis/is a/e an/en

**[02:44:23]** a r e r and i verbs will keep their form as a two command by taking the L AA form

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> -ar, -er, -ir verb endings: fe) amos/emos/imos as/es ais/éis/is — an/en

**[02:44:29]** from the present simple for instance

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> él habla > he speaks

**[02:44:31]** saying means he speaks but simply saying

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> él habla > he speaks jHabla! > Speak!

**[02:44:34]** abah means speak as in I'm giving you a command to speak now similarly we can use an ER verb like com saying something

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> Comer - To eat jCome tu comida! Eat your food!

**[02:44:42]** likea meaning eat your food without needing to put the pronoun to in the beginning we can also use an IR verb like and say something

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> Abrir - To open Abre la puerta por favor Open the door please

**[02:44:50]** like meaning open the door please and the same concept applies to any other regular verb that you want to use in the affirmative command however there are some irregular affirmative to commands

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> Irregular Affirmative Commands: ¢ Ver (to see) - ;Ve! > See! e Ir (to go) - ;Ve! > Go! * Decir (to say/tell) - ;Di! > Say/Tell! e Ser (to be) - ;Sé! > Be! ¢ Hacer (to do/make) - jHaz! > Do/Make! ¢ Poner (to put) - jPon! > Put! ¢ Salir (to leave) - jSal! > Leave! ¢ Tener (to have) - jTen! > Have! ¢ Venir (to come) - ;Ven! > Come!

**[02:45:06]** is to just memorize these commands because there is no pattern to follow with any of

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> Pon tu teléfono en la mesa

**[02:45:10]** them means put the phone on the table

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> Pon tu teléfono en la mesa Put your phone on the table

**[02:45:13]** means do your homework Sala means leave

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> Haz tu tarea Do your homework

**[02:45:16]** now VES means come if you can this is

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> Ven si puedes Come if you can

**[02:45:19]** how irregular commands work in the affirmative at last there are the verbs

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> Ver (to see) Ir (to go)

**[02:45:23]** ver and which have the same pattern so

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> Ver (to see) Ir (to go) ve

**[02:45:25]** you can only tell their difference in context a tip that I can give is if you

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> Ver (to see) Ir (to go) ve If you see the preposition a after ve, the verb has to be ir

**[02:45:28]** see the preposition a after the verb has to be as in go to the school if you

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> Ver (to see) Ir (to go) ve Ve ala escuela - Go to the school

**[02:45:34]** don't see a preposition after the verb is as in see that movie of course you can say any command that you want using regular and irregular verbs in the affirmative form now under understanding

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> Negative Tu Commands:

**[02:45:45]** how two commands work in the negative form can be tricky but there is one pattern to follow in case you get confused in the negative form ar verbs

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> Negative Tu Commands: -ar verbs: no + (verb) + es

**[02:45:52]** will drop their ending and get the ending s along with the word no in the

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> Negative Tu Commands: -ar verbs: -er/-ir verbs: no+(verb)+es no+(verb) +as

**[02:45:56]** beginning for e r and ir verbs you drop the ending and put the ending us along with no in the beginning for instance

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> jHabla ahora! - Speak now!

**[02:46:02]** saying a a means speak now in the affirmative form but how would you say this command in the negative form You

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> jHabla ahora! - Speak now! jNo!

**[02:46:08]** Begin by saying no you take a drop the

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> jHabla ahora! - Speak now! jNo hablar!

**[02:46:10]** ending and put the ending s so you get

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> jHabla ahora! - Speak now! jNo hables!

**[02:46:12]** no aess don't speak and the same idea

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> jHabla ahora! - Speak now! jNo hables! - Don’t Speak!

**[02:46:15]** works for any regular AR verb you want to use for e and ir verbs like com and

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> jCome! - Eat! jAbre! - Open!

**[02:46:20]** ab You Begin by saying no take com and drop the endings and put the ending as so you get no commas and no abas meaning

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> jCome! - Eat! jAbre! - Open! jNo comas! jNo abras!

**[02:46:28]** don't eat and don't open and the same

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> jCome! - Eat! jAbre! - Open! jNo comas! - Don’t eat! jNo abras! - Don’t open!

**[02:46:30]** idea applies to any other regular e and IR verb you want to use the negative form of two commands actually doesn't stop here because there's a lot of

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> Negative Tu Commands: (Irregular)

**[02:46:38]** irregular verbs that change their form once they become negative including

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> Negative Tu Commands: (Irregular) Irregular “Yo” verbs Verbs ending in -car, -gar, -zar Irregular verbs in general

**[02:46:41]** irregular y verbs verbs that end in K G and SAR and regular verbs in general

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> Negative Tu Commands: (Irregular) © Conducir (to drive) ° Decir (to say/tell) ¢ Hacer (to do/make) © Poner (to put) ° Salir (to leave) ¢ Traer (to bring) ¢ Venir (to come) ° Ver (to see)

**[02:46:52]** that is being irregular in the Y form

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> Negative Tu Commands: (Irregular) ¢ Conducir (to drive) - conduzco ¢ Decir (to say/tell) - digo ¢ Hacer (to do/make) - hago ¢ Poner (to put) - pongo * Salir (to leave) - salgo ¢ Traer (to bring) - traigo ¢ Venir (to come) - vengo ° Ver (to see) - veo

**[02:46:54]** and the way that you would use them in the negative command is by taking their y form from the present dropping their vows from the end and adding the ending

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> Negative Tu Commands: (Irregular) © Conducir (to drive) - ;jNo conduzcas! ¢ Decir (to say/tell) - jNo digas! ¢ Hacer (to do/make) - jNo hagas! ¢ Poner (to put) - jNo pongas! Salir (to leave) - jNo salgas! ¢ Traer (to bring) - jNo traigas! ¢ Venir (to come) - jNo vengas! © Ver (to see) - jNo veas!

**[02:47:01]** us so it would look like this no kusas don't drive no digas don't tell or don't say no AAS don't do or don't make no pongas don't put no Salas don't leave no Trias don't bring no vengas don't come and no veas don't see inevitably there's other irregular y verbs in Spanish that have to be modified like these ones but it is not necessary to know all of them as long as they know the useful ones

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> Negative Tu Commands: (Irregular)

**[02:47:26]** after irregular yo verbs there are verbs ending in k g and S and these verbs have a spelling change in the negative two commands like prac and organizar while

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> Negative Tu Commands: (Irregular) e Practicar e Jugar e Organizar

**[02:47:35]** they keep their forms in the affirmative these verbs change their spellings in the negative like practicar which becomes no practi don't practice having

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> Negative Tu Commands: (Irregular) e Practicar - ;jNo practiques! e Jugar e Organizar

**[02:47:43]** an s ending as with with any AR verb in the negative form hugar becomes no

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> Negative Tu Commands: (Irregular) e Practicar - jNo practiques! e Jugar - jNo juegues! ¢ Organizar

**[02:47:49]** meaning don't play and it's a stem changing verb that changes its stem as

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> Negative Tu Commands: (Irregular) e Practicar - jNo practiques! e Jugar - jNo juegues! ¢ Organizar important Note: Stem-changing verbs will keep their stem-changing rule in both the affirmative and negative commands

**[02:47:52]** with any stem changing verb in both the affirmative and negative forms and

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> Negative Tu Commands: (Irregular) e Practicar - ;jNo practiques! e Jugar - jNo juegues! e Organizar - jNo organices!

**[02:47:56]** finally organ which becomes no organes don't organize at last there are General

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> Negative Tu Commands: (Irregular)

**[02:48:01]** irregular verbs in the negative

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> Negative Tu Commands: (Irregular) ¢ Dar (to give) ¢ Ser (to be) e Estar (to be) e Ir (to go) e Saber (to know)

**[02:48:04]** like and if you want to put them in the negative form they will look like this

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> Negative Tu Commands: (Irregular) ¢ Dar (to give) - jNo des! e Ser (to be) - jNo seas! e Estar (to be) - jNo estés! e Ir (to go) - jNo vayas! e Saber (to know) - jNo sepas!

**[02:48:08]** and the best tip that I can give is to memorize these forms because there is no pattern to follow with them of course you can say any command you want using irregular negative commands in Spanish

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> Tu Commands with DOPs & IOPs:

**[02:48:17]** an interesting concept with these commands is that they can be combined with direct and indirect object pronouns one of the most useful phrases with two commands involves the verb the meaning

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> Tu Commands with DOPs & IOPs: decir - to say/tell

**[02:48:26]** to say or to tell saying d means tell

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> Tu Commands with DOPs & IOPs: decir - to say/tell jDi! - Tell! jNo digas! - Don’t tell!

**[02:48:29]** and saying noas means don't tell we can combine these words using direct and indirect object pronouns like saying

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> Tu Commands with DOPs & IOPs: decir - to say/tell jDi! - Tell! jNo digas! - Don’t tell! Tell me! Tell me it!

**[02:48:35]** tell me or tell me it in Spanish the affirmative form would be di meaning

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> Tu Commands with DOPs & IOPs: decir - to say/tell jDi! - Tell! jNo digas! - Don’t tell! jDime! - Tell me! Tell me it!

**[02:48:39]** tell me which combines the words together and saying tell me it would be Deo with an Accent on D because we have

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> Tu Commands with DOPs & IOPs: decir - to say/tell jDi! - Tell! jNo digas! - Don’t tell! jDime! - Tell me! j;Dimelo! Tell me it!

**[02:48:46]** to maintain the sound due to the amount of syllables in the word Deo in the negative form instead of attaching the pronouns to the verb we have to separate

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> Tu Commands with DOPs & IOPs: decir - to say/tell jDi! - Tell! jNo digas! - Don’t tell! j;Dime! - Tell me! iNo me digas! - Don’t tell me! jDimelo! Tell me it! iNo me lo digas! - Don’t tell me it!

**[02:48:53]** them by putting them before the verb so the phrases would be nigas meaning don't tell me and nigas meaning don't tell me it that's how direct and indirect object pronouns work with two commands we can

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> Tu Commands with DOPs & IOPs: jPonlo! > Put it!

**[02:49:04]** say Pono meaning put it and in the negative form the sentence would be noas

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> Tu Commands with DOPs & IOPs: jPonlo! > Put it! jNo lo pongas! > Don’t put it!

**[02:49:09]** don't put it saying ven means come to me

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> Tu Commands with DOPs & IOPs: jVenme! > Come to me!

**[02:49:12]** and in the negative form the phrase is

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> Tu Commands with DOPs & IOPs: jiVenme! > Come to me! jNo me vengas! > Don’t come to me!

**[02:49:14]** no don't come to me like I always say there are millions of sentences that you can make with them and it's up to you to say any sentence that you want one last

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> Tu Commands with Reflexive Verbs:

**[02:49:22]** concept to note with two commands is reflexive verbs which are verbs that follow a preposition and within two commands they function slightly differently than any of the previous verbs we've seen so far taking the verb

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> Tu Commands with Reflexive Verbs: levantarse - to get up

**[02:49:32]** leant meaning to get up this verb in the affirmative command will be leant and as

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> Tu Commands with Reflexive Verbs: levantarse - to get up jLevantate! - Get up!

**[02:49:36]** you can see the first part of the word

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> Tu Commands with Reflexive Verbs: levantarse - to get up jLevantate! - Get up!

**[02:49:38]** takes the correct form of affirmative commands having an accent to keep the

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> Tu Commands with Reflexive Verbs: levantarse - to get up jLevantate! - Get up!

**[02:49:42]** sound but includes the at the end of the word in order to signify that it's a reflexive verb leant on its own would be

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> Tu Commands with Reflexive Verbs: levantarse - to get up jLevantate! - Get up! jLevanta! - Lift/Raise!

**[02:49:48]** a command for Lift or raise and leant means get up or lift up in the negative form we take the pronoun and put it before the verb without forgetting to change the verb in the end so that it matches its negative form not meaning

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> Tu Commands with Reflexive Verbs: levantarse - to get up jNo te levantes! - Don’t get up!

**[02:50:01]** don't get up here's another phrase d

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> Tu Commands with Reflexive Verbs: (o>ue) dormirse - to fall asleep

**[02:50:04]** means to fall asleep it ends in ir and it's also stem changing how would you say this verb in the affirmative two command the verb would be with being the

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> Tu Commands with Reflexive Verbs: (o>ue) dormirse - to fall asleep jDuérmete! - Fall asleep!

**[02:50:12]** stem change an accent on E to keep the sound and T at the end which signifies the verb as reflexive and as a side note

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> Tu Commands with Reflexive Verbs: (o>ue) dormirse - to fall asleep jDuérmete! - Fall asleep! important Note: Reflexive verbs that are used within tu commands will always use the pronoun “te” because they refer to the “tu” pronoun

**[02:50:19]** reflexive verbs that are used within two commands will always use the pronoun te because we're giving commands to you hence to te is a pronoun from to which is why it's always used finally how

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> Tu Commands with Reflexive Verbs: (o>ue) dormirse - to fall asleep jDuérmete! - Fall asleep!

**[02:50:29]** would you say this verb in the negative command not with coming before the verb

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> Tu Commands with Reflexive Verbs: (o>ue) dormirse - to fall asleep jDuérmete! - Fall asleep! jNo te duermas! - Don’t fall asleep!

**[02:50:35]** being the stem change and the ending as which corresponds in the negative form with verbs ending in IR that's how reflexive verbs work in the affirmative and negative commands and if you want to you you can even include direct and indirect object pronouns with them as long as the context makes sense noos
