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1. L’impératif ( = command forms)
We use command forms regularly in daily
speech:
• Get up!
• Please don’t sneeze without covering your
mouth and nose!
• No smoking!
• Don’t drink & drive!
• Please, no talking in the library!

2. L’impératif en français:
 Commands can be both POSITIVE & NEGATIVE
There are THREE forms of + and - commands:
+
1) TU: Parle en français s’il te plaît!
2) VOUS: Asseyez-vous!
3) NOUS: Allons-y!
-
1) TU: Ne parle pas en anglais!
2) VOUS: Ne commencez pas tout de suite!
3) NOUS: Ne faisons pas de bruit!

3. How do we form commands in
French?
 As a general rule, take the TU, VOUS and NOUS forms of
the verb:
 (***BUT*** with the TU form of –ER verbs, remove the –S
first!)
(EX: PARLER --- Parle! Parlez! Parlons!)
 To make them negative, just sandwich them between NE---
PAS
(EX: PARLER --- Ne parle pas! Ne parlez pas! Ne parlons pas!)

4. What do we do with REFLEXIVE
VERBS?
There are different things depending on whether the command form is
POSITIVE or NEGATIVE:
 POSITIVE: With Reflexive Verbs we INVERT the verb form and the
REFLEXIVE PRONOUN (***also the reflexive Pronoun TE becomes:
TOI***)
(Ex: S’ASSEOIR = to sit down
Assieds-toi! Asseyez-vous! Asseyons-nous!
 NEGATIVE: we keep them exactly the same but just surround them with
NE—PAS
(Ex: SE LEVER = to stand/get up
Ne te lève pas! Ne vous levez pas! Ne nous levons pas!

5. ***Irregulars***
As this is French, there are ALWAYS irregulars!!
TU NOUS VOUS
AVOIR: Aie! Ayons! Ayez! = have
ÊTRE: Sois! Soyons! Soyez! = be
SAVOIR: Sache! Sachons! Sachez! = know
VOULOIR: Veuille! Veuillons! Veuillez! = want

6. What to do with PRONOUNS…
(+) Positive commands (-) Negative commands
 These are put AT THE  These go BEFORE the
END of the command command form and are
form and attached to it inside the NE…PAS
with a hyphen sandwich
 MANGER LA PIZZA:  MANGER LA PIZZA:
 Mange-la! (tu)  Ne la mange pas! (tu)
 Mangeons-la! (nous)  Ne la mangeons pas!
 Mangez-la! (vous) (nous)
 Ne la mangez pas! (vous)

7. What to do with Pronouns in (+)
commands:
• In (+) commands, pronouns FOLLOW the verb form and are
attached to it and each other with hyphens
• NOTE: LE, LA, LES go before ME, TE, NOUS, VOUS, LUI, LEUR and
ALL go before EN
• ALL commands ending in a VOWEL, MUST add –S when followed by
Y or EN
*** ME becomes MOI and TE becomes TOI***
Examples:
Donne la pomme à moi ---Donne-la-moi! (=Give the apple to me ---
Give it to me!)
Va au parc! ---Vas-y! (Go to the park! --- Go there!)