Practice conjugating verbs in the imperative mood
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| Do you know how to ask someone to do something in French? |
| Welcome to Three Step French Practice by FrenchPod101.com. In this lesson, you will practice conjugating verbs in the imperative mood. |
| Let's look at the main dialogue. |
| Two people are having a conversation. |
| C'est fait. |
| "Done." |
| Lave ces pommes de terre. Ne les mets pas dans le faitout. |
| "Wash these potatoes. Don't put them in the pot." |
| Ne les mets pas |
| mets |
| In Ne les mets pas, mets is the imperative form of mettre, meaning "to put." |
| The imperative is used to give commands, instructions, or advice. |
| In French, it's formed using specific verb forms, but without the subject pronoun. |
| You'll use the tu form for informal commands directed at one person, the nous form to make suggestions that include yourself, such as when saying "let's..."—and the vous form for giving formal or plural commands. |
| For example, from the verb laver, which means "to wash," you get |
| lave for "wash," |
| lavons for "let's wash," and |
| lavez for "wash" when speaking formally or to more than one person. |
| With the irregular verb mettre, meaning "to put," the imperative forms are |
| mets, |
| mettons, and |
| mettez. |
| In negative commands, ne and pas wrap around the verb and any object pronouns, as in ne mets pas, which means "don't put." |
| In this lesson, we'll practice using both regular and irregular imperative forms in positive and negative commands. |
| Let's practice using these imperative verbs during this lesson. |
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