You've already seen how to make affirmative commands using L'Impératif in French (See Conjugate regular verbs in L'Impératif (imperative))
Now look at these negative commands:
Ne mange pas ça!
Don't eat that!
Ne faisons pas ça!
Let's not do that!
Note that to make a command negative, put ne or n' before the verb in L'Impératif and pas after it.
See also:
Conjugate reflexive verbs in L'Imparfait (imperfect tense)
Conjugate être, avoir, savoir in L'Impératif (imperative)
Me becomes moi in affirmative commands (L'Impératif)
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Q&A
Cécile
Kwiziq language super star
13/10/18
Hi Pauline,
No 's' to mange as you drop it to make the 'tu' form of all verbs ending in ER in the imperative .
Take a look at the following lesson which will remind you...
Ne mange pas ça! is correct.
Cécile
Kwiziq language super star
11/07/18
Cécile
Kwiziq language super star
11/07/18
Hi John,
There are only three forms to the Imperative Mood.
It depends who you are adressing your command to :
If it is someone you say 'tu' to , it will be the singular.
e.g. N'écoute pas , Ne cours pas, Ne répond pas ...
If it is someone you say 'vous' to, or several people, it will be vous form.
e.g. N'écoutez pas!, Ne courez pas! Ne répondez pas! ...
( Don't listen, Don't run! Don't answer!)
The final form is the 'nous' if you are yourself included in the command, as in 'allons-y! '(Let's go!)
e.g. Ne courons pas! (Let's not run!) etc..
Hope this answers your question...
Aurélie
Kwiziq language super star
10/03/17
Pauline
Kwiziq community member
13 October 2018
1 reply
Being the tu form of the imperative for manger ?
Cécile
Kwiziq language super star
13 October 2018
13/10/18
Hi Pauline,
The 'tu' form of manger in the imperative is :
Mange!
or
Ne mange pas! in the negative.
Hope this answers your question...