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The imperative mood Flashcards

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1
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Imperative mood is used to give orders, make suggestions, or give advice
Parle!
Parlons!
Parlez!

A

Speak!
Let’s speak!
Speak!

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PRENDS un café avent de partir!

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Have a coffee before you leave

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Allons leurs rendre visite!

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Let’s go visit them

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Signez votre nom ici

A

Sign your name here

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Ne l’appelle pas dimanche!

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Don’t call him Sunday

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Irregular imperative forms
Être = Sois, soyons, soyez
Avoir= aie, ayons, ayez
Svoir = Sache, sachons, sachez

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be, let’s be, be
have, let’s have, have
know, let’s know, know

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The irregular verb Vouloir (to want) is used only in the vows imperative form = Veuillez
Please accept my excuses
Please sign the contract

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Veuillez accepter mes excuses!

Veuillez signer le contrat

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Be good!

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Sois sage!

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Have more patience

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Aie plus de patience!

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Don’t be so rigid!

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Ne soyez pas si rigide!

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Be aware (know) that I am with you!

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Sachez que je suis avec vous!

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In the affirmative the object pronoun follows and is joined to it by a hyphen. (me becomes moi)
Wait for me!
Look at us!

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Attendez-moi!

Regard-nous!

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Help them!

A

Aidez-les!

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Ask him!

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Demande-lui

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Let’s go!

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Allons-y

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Go ahead!

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Allez-y

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Keep me posted

A

Tenez-moi au courant

18
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Trust me

A

Faites-moi confiance

19
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Drink some

A

Bois-en!

20
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Leave me alone

A

Laissez-moi tranquille!

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Q 
In the familiar, all er ending verbs followed by Y or en and ouvrir, souffrir, offrir, retain the S for phonetic reasons. pronouns S
vaS-y!
Restes-y!
Ouvres-en!
Profites-en
A

Go ahead
Stay there
Open some
Make the most of it

22
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Tell me!

A

Dis-le-moi

23
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Give me some!

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Donnez-m’en

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Give them to them

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Donnez-les-leur

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Let me talk to him! (phone)

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Passez-le-moi

26
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Say it to him!

A

Dites-le-lui

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Take them there!

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Emmène-les-y

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no hyphen in the negative

Don’t look at him

A

Ne le regarde pas!

29
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Don’t think of it anymore

A

N’y pensez plus!

30
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y = there, ahead
en = some, it,
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Ne vous y mariez pas! Don’t get married there!

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Don’t tell it to me

A

Ne me le dites pas!

32
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Don’t talk to me about it

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Ne m’en parlez pas

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Pronominal verbs

Ne te lève pas

A

Do not get up

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Pronominal verbs

Lève-toi!

A

Get up

35
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Pronominal verbs

Promenons-nous!

A

Let’s take a walk

36
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Pronominal verbs

Ne nous promenons pas!

A

Let’s not take a walk

37
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Pronominal verbs

Reposez-vous!

A

Take a rest

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Pronominal verbs

Ne vous reposez pas!

A

Do not rest

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