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No salpiques a tu hermana, está enfadada.

No salpiques a tu hermana, está enfadada.
Do not splash your sister, she is angry.
From Lesson 162:Negative informal commands (no corras...)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about No salpiques a tu hermana, está enfadada.

Why does salpiques end in -es if the verb is salpicar (an -ar verb)?
In Spanish, when you tell someone not to do something (the negative imperative), the vowel endings swap. For -ar verbs like salpicar, the tú ending becomes -es instead of -as. This is why "don't splash" is no salpiques.
Why is it spelled with qu (salpiques) instead of just keeping the c from salpicar?
If we just added -es to the root, we would get salpices. In Spanish, a c before an e or i makes a soft sound (like "th" in Spain or "s" in Latin America). To keep the hard "k" sound of the original verb, we have to change the spelling from c to qu.
Why is there an a before tu hermana?
This is the "personal a". In Spanish, whenever the direct object of a verb (the person receiving the action) is a specific person or pet, you must put the word a right in front of them. Since the sister is the person being splashed, she gets the personal a.
Why do we use está instead of es for "she is angry"?
We use verbs from the estar family for temporary states, conditions, and emotions. Since being angry is a current mood or emotion (and hopefully a temporary one!), we use está. If we used es from the ser family, it would imply she is an angry person by nature.

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