Imperative mood Flashcards
What is the imperative mood?
It is a form of the verb used when giving orders and instructions
Shut the door!, Sit down!
Conjugate in the imperative mood
holen (to fetch)
- hol(e)! (du form)
- holt! (ihr form)
- holen Sie! (sie form)
There are 3 forms of the imperative (du, ihr and Sie)
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Listen!
Hör zu!
The -st is dropped in the du form
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Get it!
Hol es!
The -st is dropped in the du form
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Open the door!
Öffne die Tür!
The -e of the du form is dropped, except where the the stem ends in fn
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Take a deep breath!
Atme richtig durch!
The -e of the du form is dropped, except where the the stem ends in tm
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Do the math again!
Rechne noch mal nach!
The -e of the du form is dropped, except where the the stem ends in hn
Conjugate in imperative mood (du form)
nehmen (to take)
nimm! (take)
Vowel changes are retained for strong verbs
Conjugate in imperative mood (du form)
helfen (to help)
hilf! (help!)
Vowel changes are retained for strong verbs
Conjugate in imperative mood (du form)
laufen (to run)
lauf! (run)
If the vowel change involves an umlaut it is omitted in the imperative
Conjugate in imperative mood (du form)
stoßen (to push)
stoß! (push!)
If the vowel change involves an umlaut it is ommitted in the imperative
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Get me the book!
Hol mir das Buch!
The indirect object comes before the direct object
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Get it for me!
Hol es mir!
The direct object pronoun comes before the indirect object pronoun
Conjugate in the imperative mood
sich setzen (to sit down)
- setz dich!
- setzt euch!
- setzen Sie sich!
The relexive pronoun comes immediately after the verb
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Do stop it!
Hör aber endlich auf!
With seperable verbs, the prefix goes to the end
