Spanish · Chapter 15 · Lesson 6 · Grammar primer
Negative commands
On the AQA A-level grammar list.
The short version
Every negative command borrows the subjunctive
You already know how to forbid things, because a negative command is just the present subjunctive with no in front. No hables, no comas, no vengas, no salgas. The affirmative tu form is the odd one out and does not survive the negation: ven becomes no vengas, haz becomes no hagas, di becomes no digas.
No vengas tarde.
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