{"id":30496,"date":"2026-04-21T16:15:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T14:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myfluentfrench.com\/ressources\/limperatif\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T16:17:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T14:17:27","slug":"limperatif","status":"publish","type":"ressources","link":"https:\/\/myfluentfrench.com\/en\/resources\/limperatif\/","title":{"rendered":"The Imperative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Usage<\/b><\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"1\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1,0,0\">I use the imperative to give an order or an instruction.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1,1,0\">The imperative is constructed <strong>without a subject<\/strong> and we only use the verb with &#8220;tu&#8221;, &#8220;nous&#8221;, and &#8220;vous&#8221; forms.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"11\">\u26a0\ufe0f The &#8220;tu&#8221; form loses the final &#8220;s&#8221; with first group verbs ending in -ER and the verb &#8220;aller&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"12\"><b data-path-to-node=\"12\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Examples :<\/b><\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"13\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"13,0,0\">Tu regardes la montagne. \u00a0<b data-path-to-node=\"13,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"37\">Regarde<\/b> la montagne !<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"13,1,0\">Nous \u00e9coutons les oiseaux. \u00a0<b data-path-to-node=\"13,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"39\">\u00c9coutons<\/b> les oiseaux !<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"13,2,0\">Vous buvez votre chocolat chaud. \u00a0<b data-path-to-node=\"13,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"45\">Buvez<\/b> votre chocolat chaud !<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"14\">The irregular verbs<\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"15\">\u26a0\ufe0f <b data-path-to-node=\"15\" data-index-in-node=\"3\">The verbs \u00catre, Avoir, Savoir et Vouloir are irregular :<\/b><\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"16\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"16,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"16,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">\u00catre :<\/b> (Tu) Sois, (Nous) Soyons, (Vous) Soyez<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"16,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"16,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Avoir :<\/b> (Tu) Aie, (Nous) Ayons, (Vous) Ayez<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"16,2,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"16,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Savoir :<\/b> (Tu) Sache, (Nous) Sachons, (Vous) Sachez<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"16,3,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"16,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Vouloir :<\/b> (Tu) Veuille, (Nous) Veuillons, (Vous) Veuillez<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":30494,"template":"","niveau":[125,162,126,163,164],"class_list":["post-30496","ressources","type-ressources","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","niveau-a1","niveau-a1-2","niveau-a2","niveau-a2-1","niveau-a2-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myfluentfrench.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ressources\/30496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myfluentfrench.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ressources"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myfluentfrench.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ressources"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/myfluentfrench.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ressources\/30496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30499,"href":"https:\/\/myfluentfrench.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ressources\/30496\/revisions\/30499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myfluentfrench.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myfluentfrench.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"niveau","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myfluentfrench.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/niveau?post=30496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}