The imperative mood Flashcards
Imperative mood is used to give orders, make suggestions, or give advice
Parle!
Parlons!
Parlez!
Speak!
Let’s speak!
Speak!
PRENDS un café avent de partir!
Have a coffee before you leave
Allons leurs rendre visite!
Let’s go visit them
Signez votre nom ici
Sign your name here
Ne l’appelle pas dimanche!
Don’t call him Sunday
Irregular imperative forms
Être = Sois, soyons, soyez
Avoir= aie, ayons, ayez
Svoir = Sache, sachons, sachez
be, let’s be, be
have, let’s have, have
know, let’s know, know
The irregular verb Vouloir (to want) is used only in the vows imperative form = Veuillez
Please accept my excuses
Please sign the contract
Veuillez accepter mes excuses!
Veuillez signer le contrat
Be good!
Sois sage!
Have more patience
Aie plus de patience!
Don’t be so rigid!
Ne soyez pas si rigide!
Be aware (know) that I am with you!
Sachez que je suis avec vous!
In the affirmative the object pronoun follows and is joined to it by a hyphen. (me becomes moi)
Wait for me!
Look at us!
Attendez-moi!
Regard-nous!
Help them!
Aidez-les!
Ask him!
Demande-lui
Let’s go!
Allons-y
Go ahead!
Allez-y
Keep me posted
Tenez-moi au courant
Trust me
Faites-moi confiance
Drink some
Bois-en!
Leave me alone
Laissez-moi tranquille!
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
Go ahead
Stay there
Open some
Make the most of it
Tell me!
Dis-le-moi
Give me some!
Donnez-m’en
Give them to them
Donnez-les-leur
Let me talk to him! (phone)
Passez-le-moi
Say it to him!
Dites-le-lui
Take them there!
Emmène-les-y
no hyphen in the negative
Don’t look at him
Ne le regarde pas!
Don’t think of it anymore
N’y pensez plus!
y = there, ahead en = some, it,
Ne vous y mariez pas! Don’t get married there!
Don’t tell it to me
Ne me le dites pas!
Don’t talk to me about it
Ne m’en parlez pas
Pronominal verbs
Ne te lève pas
Do not get up
Pronominal verbs
Lève-toi!
Get up
Pronominal verbs
Promenons-nous!
Let’s take a walk
Pronominal verbs
Ne nous promenons pas!
Let’s not take a walk
Pronominal verbs
Reposez-vous!
Take a rest
Pronominal verbs
Ne vous reposez pas!
Do not rest
