I am confused in this lesson.We are given the following guideline..."Note that to make a command negative, put ne or n' before the verb in L'Impératif and pas after it."I am confused because I do not see verbs in the examples that are conjugated in L'Impérfait.To me, the examples seem to show verbs conjugated in Le Présent.
Please clear this up for me.Merci.
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!
I am confused in this lesson.We are given the following guideline..."Note that to make a command negative, put ne or n' before the verb in L'Impératif and pas after it."I am confused because I do not see verbs in the examples that are conjugated in L'Impérfait.To me, the examples seem to show verbs conjugated in Le Présent.
Please clear this up for me.Merci.
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