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Affirmative Informal Commands<br />

-AR -ER/-IR<br />

tú -a tú -e<br />

Examples:<br />

Habla. Come.<br />

Talk. Eat.<br />

Negative Informal Commands<br />

-AR -ER/-IR<br />

tú -es tú -as<br />

Examples:<br />

No hables. No comas.<br />

Don’t talk. Don’t eat.<br />

Some Irregular Informal Commands<br />

Affirmative Negative<br />

Decir (<strong>to</strong> say, <strong>to</strong> tell) di no digas<br />

Hacer (<strong>to</strong> do, <strong>to</strong> make) haz no hagas<br />

Ir (<strong>to</strong> go) ve no vayas<br />

Poner (<strong>to</strong> put, <strong>to</strong> turn on TV/radio) pon no pongas<br />

Salir (<strong>to</strong> leave, <strong>to</strong> go out) sal no salgas<br />

Ser (<strong>to</strong> be) sé no seas<br />

Tener (<strong>to</strong> have) ten no tengas<br />

Venir (<strong>to</strong> come) ven no vengas<br />

Present Subjunctive<br />

-AR -ER/-IR<br />

yo -e yo -a<br />

tú -es tú -as<br />

él/ella/Ud. -e él/ella/Ud. -a<br />

nosotros -emos nosotros -amos<br />

vosotros -éis vosotros -áis<br />

ellos/ellas/Uds. -en ellos/ellas/Uds. -an<br />

Examples:<br />

Yo espero que tú hables.<br />

I hope that you talk.<br />

Es necesario que ellos coman.<br />

It is necessary that <strong>the</strong>y eat.<br />

Some Irregulars in Present Subjunctive<br />

** Notice that <strong>the</strong> irregular present subjunctives usually have <strong>the</strong> same<br />

irregularity as <strong>the</strong> present tense “yo” forms.<br />

Buscar (<strong>to</strong> look for)- busque, busques, busque, busquemos,<br />

busquéis, busquen<br />

Caerse (<strong>to</strong> fall)- me caiga, te caigas, se caiga, nos caigamos, os<br />

caigáis, se caigan<br />

Comenzar (<strong>to</strong> begin)- comience, comiences, comience,<br />

comencemos, comencéis, comiencen<br />

Conocer (<strong>to</strong> know, <strong>to</strong> meet)- conozca, conozcas, conozca,<br />

conozcamos, conozcáis, conozcan<br />

Dar (<strong>to</strong> give, <strong>to</strong> hand)- dé, des, dé, demos, deis, den<br />

Decir (<strong>to</strong> say, <strong>to</strong> tell)- diga, digas, diga, digamos, digáis, digan<br />

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