L'Impératif Présent

French Imperative

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2023-03-25

L'impératif is the present tense of the imperative mood. It's used to express commands, requests, or advice. Like the English imperative, l'impératif consists of just the verb conjugated for a specific grammatical person, with no subject pronoun.

For example

Asseyez-vous !Sit down!

Allons nous préparer.Let's go get ready.

See also: French Présent and All French tenses

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