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L’impératif. Command form how to order, give advice. To form the imperative (command) in French, use the present tense tu , vous , or nous form of the verb without the subject . • The nous and vous forms of regular - er verbs are the same in the imperative as
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L’impératif Command form how to order, give advice
To form the imperative (command) in French, use the present tense tu, vous, or nous form of the verb without the subject.
• The nous and vousforms of regular -erverbs are the same in the imperative as they are in the present tense. Parlons! Parlez! • To form a command using the tuform of a regular -erverb, drop the s from the end of the verb. (Tuparles) Parle! NOTE: The tucommand form of allerfor once behaves like regular –er verbs (tu vas) Va à l’école!
• If the verb is not a regular -erverb, the command forms are the same as the presenttenseforms. Fais! Prends! Sors! Faisons! Prenons! Sortons! Faites! Prenez! Sortez! • To make a negative command, put ne before the verb and pas after it. Nemangeons pas maintenant