Imperative Flashcards
How do you form the usted imperative?
Positive: use 3rd person singular subjunctive
Negative: use 3rd person singular subjunctive
How do you form the tú imperative?
Positive: use 3rd person singular present
Negative: use 2nd person singular subjunctive
How do you form the nosotros imperative?
Positive: use 1st person plural subjunctive
Negative: use 1st person plural subjunctive
How do you form the vosotros imperative?
Positive: remove r from infinitive and add d
Negative: use 2nd person plural subjunctive
How do you form the ellos imperative?
Positive: use 3rd person plural subjunctive
Negative: use 3rd person plural subjunctive
Verb + he/she pronoun (positive)
Verb + le/la
Verb + he/she + it (positive)
Verb + se + lo
Reflexive verb + pronoun (positive)
Reflexive verb + me/te/se/nos/os/se
Vosotros reflexive verb + pronoun (positive)
Vosotros reflexive verb + os Drop d (comeos) except on ir (idos)
Nosotros reflexive verb + pronoun (positive)
Nosotros reflexive verb + nos Drop s (vámonos)
Verb + he/she (negative)
No + le/la + verb
Verb + he/she + it (negative)
No + se + lo + verb
Reflexive verb + pronoun (negative)
Me/te/se/nos/os/se + reflexive verb
If one pronoun… (Accents)
Count back 3 vowels
If two pronouns… (Accents)
Count back 4 vowels
What don’t you count as a separate vowel when counting back for accents?
Auxiliary u (etc.) after q or g to keep the sound Group the 2 vowels so they count as 1