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Mastering Imperatives in French

Learn how to command and give orders in French with imperative mood. Discover conjugation rules, negative formations, and pronoun placement. Put your skills to the test!

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Mastering Imperatives in French

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  1. L’IMPÉRATIF

  2. IMPERATIVE is another word for COMMAND. Imperatives tell people to do or not to do things. • The imperative starts with the verb. This is similar to English. • Arrête!  (You) Stop! • Mangez votre dîner!  (You all) eat your dinner!

  3. There are three persons of the imperative: TU, NOUS, and VOUS. • PARLE!  (you) Speak! • PARLONS!  Let’s speak! • PARLEZ!  (You all) speak! • These are conjugated like the regular present. BUT, with –ER verbs, the –S regularly on the TU form is dropped.

  4. PRENDS!  (You) take! • PRENONS!  Let’s take! • PRENEZ!  You all take! • With non-ER verbs, keep the –S on the TU form. • FAIS! • FAISONS! • FAITES!

  5. To make an imperative in the negative, use NE … PAS. • NE BOIS PAS ÇA!  Don’t drink that! • NE JOUONS PAS AU BILLARD!  Let’s not play pool! • N’ACHETEZ PAS CES JUPES!  Don’t buy those skirts!

  6. With pronouns in a command, put them after the verb. • LEVE-TOI!  Get (yourself) up! • MANGEONS-LE!  Let’s eat it!

  7. With pronouns in a negative imperative, leave them before the verb as usual. • NE M’APPELLE PAS.  Don’t call me. • NE LA REGARDEZ PAS.  Don’t look at her.

  8. Mettez à l’impératif • Faire le devoir! (tu) • Manger la pizza! (vous) • Aller au supermarché! (vous) • Prendre le bus! (nous) • Parler le francais! (tu) • Ne parler pas l’anglais! (nous)

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