Forming simple negative commands (L'Impératif)

Hi Michael,

I think you may be confusing l'imparfait which is a (past) tense of a verbe and l'impératif which is a mood (or mode) of a verb indicating an order or interdiction. The other moods are l'infinitif, le subjonctif and le conditionnel.

L'impératif is only conjugated in three persons:

2nd person singular, 1st person plural, 2nd person plural. eg for chanter - to sing:

chante - sing (tu form minus terminal s), chantons - let us sing (nous form), chantez -(vous form)

The other verb group act similarly except that tu form remains unalterd.

Hope this helps

Tom

Thank you Tom.

With your help...It's so obvious this morning!

Hi Tom,

You can say both...

Hi Cécile,

Thanks for the clarification

Tom

Hi Pauline,

The 'tu' form of manger in the imperative is :

Mange!

or

Ne mange pas!  in the negative.

Hope this answers your question...

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...

https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/revision/grammar/conjugate-regular-verbs-in-l-imperatif-imperative

Ne mange pas ça!  is correct.

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...