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Make sure you understand the Imperative before moving on.
Command Order
Instruction
Give me that!
Come here!
Parents and teachers are particularly skilled in giving orders!
When you order someone to do something you must know two things:
1. WHAT you want the person to do(in other words the VERB)
2. WHO you are ordering
the VERB always come FIRST in the imperative
Remember the 3 ways of saying ‘YOU’du (informal, singular) ihr (informal, plural)
Sie (formal, singular or plural)
The ‘du’ imperative:
is the ‘du’ form of the present tense verb
st
komm
minus the SNAP –st ending:
Verbs with an infinitive ending in –den, -len, -tenkeep the final –e:
finde warte
st zeichne
st
st
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Verbs with a vowel stem change in the ‘du’ form,
e.g. nehmen du nimmst
Verbs which add an umlaut in the ‘du’ form
sehen du siehst
keep this in the imperative:
DO NOT keep it in the imperative:
e.g. schlafen du schläfst
fahren du fährst
nimm!
sieh!
schlaf!
fahr!
Lauf über die Planke!
The ‘ihr’ imperative:
is simply the ‘ihr’ form of the present tense verb
e.g. kommen ihr kommt
finden ihr findet
nehmen ihr nehmt
sehen ihr seht
fahren ihr fahrt
kommt!
findet!
nehmt!
seht!
fahrt!
Schlaft ein!
The ‘Sie’ imperative:
is the ‘Sie’ form of the present tense verb
e.g. Sie kommen
Sie finden
Sie nehmen
Sie sehen
Sie fahren
Kommen Sie!
Finden Sie!
Nehmen Sie!
Sehen Sie!
Fahren Sie!
turned back to front!
Halten Sie!
EXCEPTION:
The only important exception is ‘sein’
Sei!
Seid!
Seien Sie!
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