L'impératif (les règles + irrégulier) Flashcards
The impératif only uses 3 subjects:
- Tu
-Vous
-Nous
But these subject pronouns are never used (just the conjugated verb).
**Note also: the “nous” version isn’t a command. It’s a suggestion. Something akin to “let’s” in English. —Let’s ____? Shall we ______?
The conjugation of the impératif for regular verbs is the same as the présent.
With one exception:
Drop the “s” at the end of the “tu” conjugation of verbs ending in “-ER”.
There are only 4 irregular verbs in the impératif:
Être –> Sois, soyons, soyez.
Avoir–> Aie, ayons, ayez
Savoir –> Sache, sachons, sachez
Vouloir –> Veuille, veuillons, veuillez
(Note: these are all extremely similarly, if not identical, to the relevant tu, nous, and vous forms of these verbs in the subjonctif).