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Lesson 42 – The imperative mood, past and present tense in French

  1. theory
    use
  2. exercises 🔥
  3. comments

Theory

a) how to form “ l’impératif ”

au présent

group 1

ER verb

group 2

IR verb

group 3

RE, –IR …

(tu)

(nous)

(vous)

aime !

aimons !

aimez !

finis !

finissons !

finissez !

prends !

prenons !

prenez !


au passé

group 1

ER verb

group 2

IR verb

group 3

RE, –IR …

(tu)

(nous)

(vous)

aie aimé !

ayons aimé !

ayez aimé !

aie fini !

ayons fini !

ayez fini !

aie pris !

ayons pris !

ayez pris !

(tu)

(nous)

(vous)

sois resté !

soyons restés !

soyez restés !

sois blotti !

soyons blottis !

soyez blottis !

sois devenu !

soyons devenus !

soyez devenus !

b) use

  1. some verbs are irregular in the imperative mood

savoir : sache, sachons, sachez
(know!, let us know !, know !)
vouloir : veux/veuille, voulons, voulez/veuillez (want/please want!, let us want !, want/please want !)

  1. with the singular pronoun “TU”, -ER verbs wave the “S” goodbye

Regarde ce tsunami ! Look at this tsunami !

  1. the imperative mood combines with stressed pronouns and/or direct object pronouns

Regarde-la ! Look at her!
Demande-lui ! Ask him!
Appelle-moi ! Call me up!
PrĂŞtons-la-leur ! Let’s lend it to them

Exercises

Results

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#1. Please finish your homework

#2. Let's take the Aston Martin

#3. ... et les enfants, quant Ă  vos devoirs, faites-les dans l'Aston Martin

#4. close the door honey ... we're on the freeway and dad is going 150 miles per hour

#5. so you'd rather leave it open and you're also against wearing a seatbelt ? that's okay but leave mommy in peace

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