French Verbs in the imperative mood: to Command





There are as many people who like to give orders as few people who like to obey them.
The imperative mood uses only 3 persons: tu, nous, vous.
All -er verbs make the imperative by dropping the pronoun before the verb conjugated in the present.
The "tu" person is written without the final "s".
Rester: reste, restons, restez.


There are 2 basic patterns: either the verb is alone, or the verb comes with a complement.
Each structure can be affirmative or negative.


Verb Complement
Tiens!  
Ne venez pas!  
Dis la vérité!
N'achetons pas les tomates!

An indirect object that is fully expressed has to be added at the end of the sentence:


Verb Direct object
article+noun
Indirect object
preposition+article+noun
Ne viens pas   chez Mamie!
Achète les tomates au (= à le) supermarché!

But when the indirect object is replaced with a pronoun, it comes before the other complement(s):


Verb Pronoun an object another object
Dis- moi la vérité!  
Achète- leur du chocolat au supermarché!





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