Apprenez à conjuguer les verbes au présent de l'impératif
L'impératif de l'impératif
Quand employer
The imperative present tense in French is used to express a command, just like in English. Its English equivalent is as follows:
Imperative present tense
The tense that is a command. It's composed as the infinitive minus the 'to'. The infinitive of the verb is plain form of the verb that is found in a dictionary.
Ex. Go to bed!
Exemples d'emploi
Ex. 1)
-m'en, j'ai vraiment besoin de savoir !
me about it, I really need to know!
Ex. 2)
le téléphone !
the phone!
Ex. 3)
S'il vous plaît, les lieux.
Please, the premises!
Comment conjuguer
Conjugate the verb as a regular indicative present tense verb, except for -er verbs where you need to drop the final 's' from the tu form. Read more about the 's' in the Notable points.
Exemples de conjugaison
aim
Tu
aim
Nous
aim
Vous
aim
chois
Tu
chois
Nous
chois
Vous
chois
vend
Tu
vend
Nous
vend
Vous
vend
Points d'intérêt
The tu form's 's' with -er verbs
In the imperative form, the only difference in conjugation to the indicative present tense is that the final 's' of the tu form with -er verbs is dropped. This 's' is readded if the conjugation is hypenated with an y or an en. In the following example, the 's' is removed:
-moi plus lentement !
And, in the next example, the 's' is readded to keep the flow of speech:
Parles-en, je veux savoir !
Speak about it, I want to know!