IMPERATIVE
FORMATION
MOOD
The imperative mood is used to
demand or require that an action be
performed. It is usually found only in
the present tense, second person. To
form the imperative mood, use the
base form of the verb.[1] They are
sometimes called directives, as they
include a feature that encodes
directive force, and another feature
that encodes modality of unrealized
interpretation.[2][3]
Imperative mood is often expressed
using special conjugated verb forms.
Like other finite verb forms,
imperatives often inflect for person
and number. Second-person
imperatives (used for ordering or
requesting performance directly
from the person being addressed)
are most common, but some
languages also have imperative
forms for the first and third persons
(alternatively called cohortative and
jussive respectively).
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Imperatives are used principally for In the second person without personal
ordering, requesting or advising the pronouns: "Go to your cubicle!"
With reflexive pronouns: "Give yourself a
listener to do (or not to do) something:
break."
"Put down the gun!", "Pass me the
With a direct object: "Hit the ball."
sauce", "Don't go too near the tiger." Referring to third-person objects of the main
They are also often used for giving verb: "Okay. The test is over now. They win.
instructions as to how to perform a Let them go back to the recovery annex. For
task: "Install the file, then restart your their cake."
computer". They can sometimes be As an affirmative imperative (also called
examples positive imperative form): "Go for it!"
seen on signs giving orders or warnings
As a negative imperative (also called a
Let me (Let's) see. (Internal monologue "Stop", "Give way", "Do not enter".
negative command): "Don't do that!"
equivalent to a first person singular Expressing wishes: "Let's go team-name!"
imperative)
In future tense: "You will behave yourself."
Let us (Let's) go. (equivalent to a first
person plural imperative)
Let us be heard. (Royal we in an equivalent
to a first person passive imperative; also
constructions like "We are to be heard")
Let him/her/it/them run. (equivalent to a
third person imperative; constructions with
may are also used)
Let him/her/it/them be counted.
(Equivalent to a third person passive
imperative)
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