Forming negative commands with reflexive verbs (L'Impératif)

Aurélie Drouard
2021-06-14
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Look at these negative commands (negative imperatives) that use reflexive verbs:

Ne t'assieds pas !  Don't sit down!

Ne nous asseyons pas ! Let's not sit down!

Ne vous asseyez pas ! Don't sit down!

When forbidding (negative orders) using reflexive verbs, you keep the regular order of the words in a negative statement and simply drop the subject pronoun tu/vous/nous.
Tu ne t'assieds pas -> (X) Ne t'assieds pas!

Look at these other examples:

Ne t'habille pas!Don't get dressed!

Ne te couche pas !Don't go to bed!

Ne te lève pas !Don't get up!

Remember that for -er verbs, you lose the -s in the tu form.
See Conjugate regular verbs in L'Impératif (imperative) 

See also Forming affirmative commands with reflexive verbs (L'Impératif)

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Examples and resources

Ne vous levez pas!   Don't get up!
Ne nous asseyons pas ! Let's not sit down!
Ne t'habille pas!Don't get dressed!
En avril, ne te découvre pas d'un filTil April's dead, don't remove a thread (of your clothing)
Ne vous habillez pas! Don't get dressed!
Ne te lève pas !Don't get up!
Ne vous asseyez pas ! Don't sit down!
Ne te couche pas !Don't go to bed!
Ne t'assieds pas !  Don't sit down!
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