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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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