The verbs 'être', 'avoir' and 'savoir' are irregular in L'Impératif:
| être | avoir | savoir | |
| tu | sois | aie | sache |
| nous | soyons | ayons | sachons |
| vous | soyez | ayez | sachez |
On their own, they're not terribly useful, but they are essential to express some commands.
Ne sois pas méchant!
Don't be mean!
N'aie pas peur!
Don't be afraid!
Sache que je pense toujours à toi.
Know that I'm still thinking of you
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Andrew
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21/12/16
P.S. I read your notes at https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/my-languages/french/glossary/51 and I still dont quite understand. what would "avez confiance mes amis" mean? Surely the imperative is used to express commands as well?
Andrew
Kwiziq community member
22/12/16
Hi... I've been round the houses on the internet reading all sorts of notes and came back here and realise these notes told be what I needed to know all along... ooops sorry.... avoir and etre use an irregular form of the imperative which just happens to be the same as the subjunctive...LOL... I should have had more faith in your notes in the first place :)
dav
Kwiziq community member
2 November 2017
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the quiz gave the answer to "let's not be scared any more as "n'ayons" - why is it not "ne soyons"?
Chris
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2 November 2017
2/11/17
-- Chris (not a native speaker).