Impératif Lesson

Impératif Lesson

by Lindsay Westwood

​Impératif Introduction

• ​Imperative is used to give commands, demands, and advice to others.

• ​Some examples in English are:

  • ​Finish your homework!

  • ​Take out your Chromebooks.

  • ​Let's go to the movies.

• ​In English, the imperative can ONLY be used in the second person and first person plural (we).

• ​This rule is the SAME in French. The imperative is ONLY used in the TU, NOUS, and VOUS forms

Multiple Choice

The imperative is used to do what?

• describe actions in the present tense

• give commands, demands, and advice

• describe actions in the past tense

• describe actions in the near future

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of the imperative in English?

• Read a book.

• You should study.

• You are finishing your homework.

• We are writing a paper.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of the imperative in English?

• I need to study.

• We are going to the movies.

• Let's go to the game.

• You speak French.

Multiple Select

The imperative is used in which forms in French?

• tu

• je

• nous

• vous

​Impératif Conjugation

• ​Luckily, the conjugations for the impératif are just the present tense conjugations of verbs WITHOUT the subject pronoun

• ​Examples:

  • ​Finish your homework.

  • ​Finir (tu)

  • ​(Tu) finis

  • ​Finis tes devoirs.

Multiple Choice

Vrai ou Faux: the imperative is just the present tense, WITH the subject pronoun.

• Vrai

• Faux

​Impératif Exceptions: ER verbs in the TU form

• ​They typically end in "ES"

• ​However, in the imperative you will drop the s in the TU form

• ​Example:

  • ​Speak French

  • ​(Tu) parles français

• ​Parle français!

Multiple Choice

Conjugate in the imperative: manger (tu)

• Tu manges

• Mange

• Manges

​Impératif Exceptions: 3 Irregulars

• Avoir - to have

  • ​(Tu) aie

  • ​(Nous) ayons

  • ​(Vous) ayez

• ​Être - to be

  • ​(Tu) sois

  • ​(Nous) soyons

  • ​(Vous) soyez

• ​Savoir - to know

  • ​(Tu) saches

  • ​(Nous) sachons

  • ​(Vous) sachez

Multiple Choice

Conjugate in the imperative: être (tu)

• es

• aie

• sois

Multiple Choice

Conjugate in the imperative: avoir (vous)

• avez

• ayez

• soyez

Multiple Choice

Conjugate in the imperative: savoir (nous)

• sachons

• sachez

• savons

Multiple Choice

Conjugate in the imperative: avoir (nous)

• avons

• ayez

• ayons

Multiple Choice

Conjugate in the imperative: être (vous)

• êtes

• sachez

• soyez

Multiple Choice

Conjugate in the imperative: savoir (vous)

• êtes

• sachez

• soyez

Multiple Choice

Conjugate in the imperative: être (nous)

• sommes

• soyons

• sachons

​The most challenging part of the imperative....

​Remembering the present tense conjugation!

​

​Let's try a few examples.

Multiple Choice

Conjugate in the imperative: (tu) aller

• aie

• vas

• va

• alle

Aller:

• Aller is an irregular verb in French.

• ​Tu vas

• ​But it technically ends in ER so in the imperative...

• ​we drop the "s"

• ​Va

Multiple Choice

Conjugate in the imperative: (tu) faire

• fais

• fasse

• fai

• fait

Multiple Choice

Conjugate in the imperative: (vous) aller

• avez

• vas

• allons

• allez

Multiple Choice

Conjugate in the imperative: (vous) aller

• avez

• vas

• allons

• allez

Multiple Choice

Conjugate in the imperative: (nous) faire

• fais

• font

• faisons

• faites

Negative Imperative

• Example: Don't watch TV.

• ​Add NE...PAS around the conjugated verb.

• ​Ne regarde pas la télé.

Multiple Choice

Translate: Don't copy! (vous)

• Ne copiez pas!

• Ne pas copiez!

• Ne copie pas!

• Copiez ne pas