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EJERCICIO<br />

19·1<br />

198 practice makes perfect <strong>Spanish</strong> <strong>Verb</strong> <strong>Tenses</strong><br />

Traducción Rewrite the following affi rmative <strong>com</strong>mands in <strong>Spanish</strong>, using tú<br />

<strong>com</strong>mands.<br />

1. Study! 11. Sell!<br />

2. Work! 12. Pay!<br />

3. Look! 13. Suff er!<br />

4. Listen! 14. Count!<br />

5. Read! 15. Fly!<br />

6. Run! 16. Begin!<br />

7. Walk! 17. Think!<br />

8. Dance! 18. Sleep!<br />

9. Write! 19. Continue!<br />

10. Decide! 20. Confess!<br />

Regular negative <strong>com</strong>mands<br />

A regular negative <strong>com</strong>mand is formed as follows.<br />

1 Begin with the present tense fi rst-person singular (yo) form of the verb.<br />

2 Remove the -o ending. Th is is called the “yo stem.”<br />

3 For -ar verbs, add -es. For -er and -ir verbs, add -as.<br />

EXAMPLES hablo habl- hables<br />

<strong>com</strong>o <strong>com</strong>- <strong>com</strong>as<br />

escribo escrib- escribas<br />

¡No hables! Don’t speak! ¡No <strong>com</strong>pres el pescado! Don’t buy the fi sh!<br />

¡No <strong>com</strong>as! Don’t eat! ¡No vendas la casa! Don’t sell the house!<br />

¡No escribas! Don’t write! ¡No abras la puerta! Don’t open the door!<br />

note When the yo form ends in -oy, such as in estar, the -oy is removed to form the “yo stem.”<br />

Standard orthographic (spelling) changes<br />

Before the letter e, the following orthographic changes <strong>com</strong>e into play.<br />

◆ c qu<br />

No tocas el piano. ¡No toques el piano!<br />

You don’t play the piano. Don’t play the piano!<br />

◆ g gu<br />

No juegas al béisbol. ¡No juegues al béisbol!<br />

You don’t play baseball. Don’t play baseball!

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