03 Affirmative Tú Commands
Hola. Here’s a lesson to help you with affirmative tú commands. We use these when we want to tell someone we are comfortable with to do something. The formula in this video will be useful for most verbs in Spanish. There are some that are irregular though, which we’ll talk about in the next video.
Enjoy!
General Rule: (click graphic to enlarge)
Vocabulario:
verbos (verbs):
abrir – to open
abrió – s/he opened
acostarse – to go to bed
apestar – to stink
apesta – it stinks
apagar – to turn off
aplaudir – to applaud, to clap
aplaudió – s/he apllauded, clapped
bailar – to dance
bailó – s/he danced
bañarse – to bath (oneself)
beber – to drink
bebió – s/he drank
besar – to kiss
caminar – to walk
cantar – to sing
cerrar – to close
cocinar – to cook
comprar – to buy
comer – to eat
comió – s/he ate
correr- to run
despertarse – to wake (oneself) up
dormir – to sleep
durmió – s/he slept
empezar – to begin, to start
escribir – to write
escribió – s/he wrote
esperar – to wait, to hope
estar – to be
estás – you are
firmar – to sign
golpear – to hit
golpeó – s/he opened
jugar – to play (games)
jugó – s/he played (games)
limpiar – to clean
llamar – to call
llorar – to cry
lloró – s/he cried
mirar – to watch, to look at
miró – s/he looked
nadar – to swim
nadó – s/he swam
oír – to hear
recordar – to remember
sacar – to take (out)
saltar – to jump
saltó – s/he jumped
sonreír – to smile
tocar – to play (instrument); to touch
tocó – s/he played (instrument)
tomar – to take
trabajar – to work
sustantivos (nouns):
afuera – outside
el baño – the bathroom
el básquetbol – the basketball
el brazo – the arm
el voleibol – the volleyball
esto – this
la basura – the trash
la cara – the face
la fiesta – the party
la guitarra – the guitar
la mano – the hand
la ropa – clothes, clothing
la tele – the tv
los abuelos – the grandparents
los amigos – the friends
los refrescos – the sodas
una puerta – a door
otro (other):
algunos – some
aquí – here
cuando – when
duro – hard
más – more
para – for
por favor – please
porque – because
triste – sad
tu(s) – your
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Should it be Cuando esté triste, sonríe, using the subjunctive?