Affirmative Informal Commands

Affirmative Informal Commands
To tell someone you address as tú to do something, you use an
affirmative informal command.
Example: shut the door, open the refrigerator, cut the carrots
To form the affirmative informal command of regular or stem
changing verbs in Spanish, you drop the –s from the end of the tú
form of the verb.
Examples:
verb
tú form
command
hablar
hablas
habla
cortar
cortas
corta
pedir
pides
pide
Some verbs have irregular affirmative informal commands:
tener ten (have)
ir
ve (go)
venir
ven (come)
ser
sé (be)
poner pon (put)
hacer
haz (do/make)
salir
sal (go out/leave)
decir
di (to tell)
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Extra verbs you might use to ask someone to help you in the
kitchen are:
abrir (to open) añadir (to add)
calentar (e-ie) to heat up)
cortar (to cut) mezclar (to mix)
sacar(to take out)
Affirmative informal commands with pronouns
When you use a pronoun with an affirmative informal command,
attach it to the end of the verb. Then add an accent mark to the
stressed vowel of the verb, unless the verb is only one syllable
long. The rule is that when you attach the pronoun, the second to
last syllable (NOT INCLUDING THE PRONOUN) receives the
accent.
Examples: ¿Preparo la ensalada?
Sí, prepárala.
Should I prepare the salad?
Yes, prepare it.
The accent is on the second to last syllable of the word, not
including the pronoun attached to the end.
¿Pongo los platos en la mesa?
Sí, ponlos allí.
Should I put the plates on the table? Yes, put them there.
There is only one syllable in the verb, so no accent is needed.