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L’imperativo

L’imperativo. Signora Albanese. L’imperativo. L’imperativo is a command. Telling someone what to do! Sit Down! Be Quiet! Eat! Do your homework! Drink your milk! Be nice! Don’t do that!. L’imperativo. In Italian, here is how you form the command: -are verbs:

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L’imperativo

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  1. L’imperativo Signora Albanese

  2. L’imperativo • L’imperativo is a command. Telling someone what to do! Sit Down! Be Quiet! Eat! Do your homework! Drink your milk! Be nice! Don’t do that!

  3. L’imperativo • In Italian, here is how you form the command: -are verbs: Tu form: Positive Command: Mangia! Eat! Ascolta! Listen! Parla! Speak! Balla! Dance! **Notice that it is the lui/lei form, but in a command it means YOU!

  4. L’Imperativo • In Italian, here is how you form the command: -are verbs: Tu form: Negative Command: Non mangiare! Don’t eat! Non ascoltare! Don’t listen! Non parlare! Don’t speak! Non ballare! Don’t dance! **Notice that you do not conjugate the verb in a negative TU form Command!

  5. L’Imperativo • In Italian, here is how you form the command: -ere and -ire verbs: Tu form: Positive Command: Scrivi! Write! Pulisci! Clean! Bevi! Drink! Parti! Leave! **Notice that it is the Tu form here, but with –are verbs it is the lui/lei form.

  6. L’imperativo • In Italian, here is how you form the command: -ere and -ire verbs: Tu form: Negative Command: Non scrivere! Don’t write! Non pulire! Don’t clean! Non bere! Don’t drink! Non partire! Don’t leave! **Notice that you do not conjugate the verb in a negative TU form Command!

  7. L’imperativo: Irregulars: Tu form • Positive: Negative: • Fare: Fa’ (Fai) Non fare! • Andare: Va’ (Vai) Non andare! • Stare: Sta’ (Stai) Non stare! • Dire: Di’ Non dire! (Don’t tell!) • Dare: Da’ (Dai) Non dare!

  8. L’Imperativo with Ci and Ne • With single syllable commands the c of the ciis doubled. Andare: Va’ (vai) + ci Vacci! Go there! (Non andarci!) Stare: Sta’ (stai) + ci Stacci! Stay there! (Non starci!) but: Dormire: Non dormirci! Non cidormire! (Ci can go either place.) Dormici! Sleep there!

  9. L’Imperativo with Ci and Ne • With single syllable commands the n of the neis doubled. Fare: Fa’ (fai) + ne  Fanne due! Do two of them. (Non farne due!) (Don’t do two of them. Andare: Vai’ (vai) + ne Vanne a prendere un po’. Go and get a little bit (of it). Non andarne a prendere un po’. Don’t go there and get a little bit (of it). but: Prendere: Non prenderneuno! Don’t take one (of it). Prendineuno! Take one (of it).

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