6.4 Commands. The imperative

Question 1

If you want to tell someone to do something, you use a form of the verb called the imperative (imperativ): come here, sit down. In swedish there is a simple imperative form of the verb, translate the following:

Come here
Sit down

Answer 1

Kom hit!

Sätt dig!

Question 2

If you know the present form of an ar verb or an er verb, you can make the imperative from it.

How would you convert these ar verbs?

öppnar, lyssnar, väntar

Answer 2

öppnar - öppna!

lysnnar - lysnna!

väntar - vänta!

Question 3

If you know the present form of an ar verb or an er verb, you can make the imperative from it.

How would you convert these er verbs?

skriver, ringer

Answer 3

skriver - skriv!

ringer - ring!

You can make the imperative by taking er away from the present.

Question 4

Which type of present verbs have the same form in the imperative as in the infinitive?

Answer 4

The ar verbs have the same form in the imperative as in the infinitive, but the er verbs do not.

Question 5

Can you make the imperative if you know only the infinitive of a verb?

E.g. skriva, titta, hitta

Answer 5

No, since both er verbs and ar verbs end in a.

However, if you know the verb is an er verb, you make the imperative by taking away the a.

Skriva - skriv

If it is an ar verb, you can just leave the a…

Öppna - öppna