Set: 2.13 - Negative Informal Commands in the Wilderness

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TermDefinition
no fumesdon't smoke
no pises las plantasdon't step on the plants
la plantaplant (as in the ecological sense of the word)
pisarto step on
no nades en la cataratadon't swim in the waterfall
la cataratawaterfall
no camines en el barrodon't walk in the mud
el barromud
caminar (also "andar")to walk
no comas de esa parilla suciadon't eat from that dirty grill
la parillagrill (BBQ grill)
esa parilla suciathat dirty grill
no subas las piedrasdon't climb the rocks
no salgas del senderodo not leave the trail
el senderotrail (as in path- hint hint it's related to the word for hiking)
no camines[form the negative tú command for caminar]
no comas[form the negative tú command for comer]
no subas[form the negative tú command for subir]
subirto climb
no olvides usar el repelente antiinsectos y el bloque del soldon't forget to use insect repellant and sunblock
no olvidesdon't forget
no olvides vivirdon't forget to live
no olvides respirardon't forget to breathe
respirarto breathe
el repelente antiinsectosinsect repellant
el bloque del solsunblock
olvidarto forget
no permitas a los mosquitos ni las moscas entrar la tienda de acampardon't let mosquitoes or flies enter the tent (permitir)
el mosquitomosquito
la moscafly (insect)
la tienda de acampartent
no uses los fósforos para la leña mojadadon't use the matches on the wet wood
la leñawood (as in firewood)
mojado/awet
el fósforomatch (as in the incendiary device)
no pises las hormigasdon't step on the ants (pisar)
las hormigasants
no mires el soldon't look at the sun (mirar)
no mires el sol con los binocularesdon't look at the sun with the binoculars (mirar)
los binocularesbinoculars
no molestes las ardillasdon't bother the squirrels (molestar)
la ardillasquirrel
la parrillagrill (like a BBQ grill, with legs)
la linternatorch (i.e. flashlight)
la piedrarock/stone
el riachuelostream (as in river)
el árboltree

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Terms 47
Creator Hamfist
Created September 14, 2009
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Subject spanish
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Negative tú commands are very different from affirmative tú commands. While the affirmative commands from the previous lesson used the 3rd person present, negative commands use the second person subjunctive.

The first thing you need to know about the subjunctive is that you find the stem of the verbs differently. The rule is:

Conjugate the verb to the present indicative first person singular, and remove the -o. So the stem for comer is como minus the o = com-.

The stem is usually the same in the subjunctive, but verbs that are stem changers, spelling changers (GO verbs for example) or irregular will have different stems e.g

Salir -> Salgo -> Salg-

Salg- is the stem to be used for the subjunctive, so to say "don't leave" informally is "no salgas".

This brings us to how to conjugate: basically for AR verbs you switch the "a" in the ending for an "e" and vice cersa, meaning you use an "a" for ER and IR verbs. Very simple.

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