When ‘Tu aides moi’ becomes ‘aide-moi’, the ‘s’ in the verb ‘aide’ is lost, as in the other example sentences. Does that mean that in affirmative imperative sentences the verb is conjugated in the ‘il/elle/on’ form?
Thank you!
Look at these sentences with me change when turned into affirmative imperatives:
Tu me montres les éléphants, s'il-te-plaît.
- Papa, montre-moi les éléphants!
You show me the elephants, please.
- Daddy, show me the elephants!
Tu me donnes les fleurs?
-Non.
-Donne-moi les fleurs!
You're giving me the flowers?
-No.
-Give me the flowers!
Tu m'aides avec mes devoirs?
-Non.
-Allez, aide-moi avec mes devoirs!
Are you helping me with my homework?
-No.
-Come on, help me with my homework!
In affirmative commands, the object pronoun me (as in: Give me that!) follow this pattern:
1- The pronoun me become stress pronoun moi
2- They are placed after the verb with a hyphen in between.
See also Le, la, les vs lui, leur in affirmative commands (L'Impératif)
and Conjugate regular verbs in L'Impératif (imperative)
Learn more about these related French grammar topics
Examples and resources
Tu me montres les éléphants, s'il-te-plaît.
- Papa, montre-moi les éléphants!
You show me the elephants, please.
- Daddy, show me the elephants!
Tu m'aides avec mes devoirs?
-Non.
-Allez, aide-moi avec mes devoirs!
Are you helping me with my homework?
-No.
-Come on, help me with my homework!
Tu me donnes les fleurs?
-Non.
-Donne-moi les fleurs!
You're giving me the flowers?
-No.
-Give me the flowers!
Q&A Forum 3 questions, 7 answers
Hi Sara,
It is the rule that in the case of regular verbs ending in ER ( including aller) the final 's' will be dropped in the 'tu' form of the imperative -
Tu m'aides -----> Aide-moi!
Take a look at the following Kwiziq lesson for more information :
https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/conjugate-regular-verbs-in-l-imperatif-imperative
Hope this helps!
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In the green grammar box above,
the way the explanation is written suggests you are talking about more than one pronoun – not just ‘me-moi’. Are there others?
i.e. 2- THEY are placed after the verb………
Asked 6 months ago
HI G,
Yes, there are other pronouns, the following lesson will explore them -
But in the example, "Donne-moi ça!" ( Give that to me !) it could be
Donne-lui = Give him
Donne-nous = Give us
Donne-leur = Give them
Hope this helps!
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Example: Allez, aide-moi
This example from the top of the page confuses me. Why is Allez conjugated in vous form and Aide is in tu form?
Asked 10 years ago
Bonjour Lily,
I think that may be a typo.
Tu m'aides avec mes devoirs?-Non.-Allez, aide-moi avec mes devoirs!
Are you helping me with my homework?-No.-Come on, help me with my homework!
LauraKwiziq language super star
Bonjour Lily,
Allez isn't really a conjugated verb there, it's a filler that means "come on."
Allez, aide-moi ! Allez, on va partir.
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