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Learn to conjugate verbs in the past tense of the imperative

Le passé de l'impératif

When to use

The imperative past tense in French is used to express something that must be done before a certain time. Its English equivalent is as follows:

Imperative past tense
The tenses that are composed with the '-ed' ending or with the have construction, but as a command.

Eg. Please, have your homework finished before I get back!

Examples of use

Eg. 1)

Soyez partis avant 23 h 00.

Be gone before 11 PM.

Eg. 2)

Ayons étudié beaucoup pour l'examen cette fois-ci.

Let's have a lot studied for the test this time around.

Eg. 3)

Soyons rentrés dans le temps pour le dernier train.

Let's be back home in time for the last train.

How to conjugate

Conjugate the verb avoir (to have) in the imperative present tense and use the past participle.

Tu	ait + PP	you (s.)
Nous	ayons + PP	we
Vous	ayez + PP	you (p., pol.)

With some verbs you will need to conjugate the verb être (to be), instead of avoir (to have), in the imperative present tense and use the past participle. There are only a small handfull of these verbs, find all être verbs and more information here.

Tu	soit + PP	you (s.)
Nous	soyons + PP	we
Vous	soyez + PP	you (p., pol.)

Examples of conjugation

-er verb
parler to speak
Tu	ait parlé
Nous	ayons parlé
Vous	ayez parlé

-ir verb
choissir to choose
Tu	ait choisi
Nous	ayons choisi
Vous	ayez choisi

-re verb
vendre to sell
Tu	ait vendu
Nous	ayons vendu
Vous	ayez vendu

Requiring être
aller to go
Tu	soit allé(e)
Nous	soyons allé(e)s
Vous	soyez allé(e)(s)

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Other moods and tenses

Participles	Present Past
Indicative	Present Imperfect Simple Future Simple Past Passé composé Plus-que-parfait Past Perfect Future Perfect	-ER -IR -RE -ER -IR -RE
Subjunctive	Present Imperfect Plus-que-parfait Past
Conditional	Present Past Past (2^nd)
Imperative	Present Past

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