CARLA: Spanish Grammar Strategies

I'm looking for a strategy that someone has used successfully to learn a specific grammar form. Moods Subjunctive Imperfect subjunctive Conditional Conditional perfect and pluperfect subjunctive Commands Pronouns Relative pronouns Simultaneous use of direct and indirect object pronouns Direct and indirect object pronouns in affirmative and negative tú commands Reflexive pronouns in present perfect constructions Tenses / Aspect Preterite Imperfect Preterite vs. imperfect Ser and estar Por vs. para Gender / Agreement Gender of nouns Gender and number agreement Other Demonstrative adjectives Lo + adjective Hacer and desde in time expressions Negative words Superlatives I'm looking for strategies that match my learning style and that can apply to various grammar forms. Auditory Rhymes Songs and chants Talking to native speakers Visual Color coding Decision maps Drawings / Mental images Note cards Playing with verbs Quasi-math formulas Quick grammar references Kinesthetic Physical behaviors Writing it over Memory aids Acronyms Initials as a vehicle for mnemonics Phrases as memory aids Phrases as vehicles for syntax Cognitive English sentences with Spanish syntax English sentences with Spanish words inserted Focusing on meaning Learning material as a chunk Learning grammar by explaining it Using archetypical sentences Using L1 to keep forms and functions straight Context-based Making associations Observing use in context Other Avoiding avoidance Combining perceptual modes What's the reason for using one strategy or another? Spanish grammar sites Glossary

Commands

Eat all your food! Be nice to your sister! Listen to me! Don’t touch that! Don’t eat so many cookies! Don’t jump on the bed!

If you’re involved in child care, you probably find yourself giving orders like these. In order to do it Spanish, you need to know how to form affirmative and negative commands. The following are strategies for remembering how to do it.

Tú commands

Affirmative tú commands

Remembering irregular affirmative tú commands

A song

Hollywood actor as mnemonic device

A chant

Negative tú commands

Forming negative tú commands

A formula

Remembering irregular negative tú commands

A song

Distinguishing between affirmative and negative tú commands

Archetypal sentences in context

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I'm looking for a strategy that someone has used successfully to learn a specific grammar form.

I'm looking for strategies that match my learning style and that can apply to various grammar forms.

Commands

Tú commands

Affirmative tú commands

Negative tú commands