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The imperative: irregular verbs
by Alessio · teacher of Italian as a foreign language, ITALS master’s
Conjugate the irregular verbs in the imperative, one at a time: write every person, then check.
What's in this exercise
“The imperative: irregular verbs” is an Italian exercise at A2 level with 10 verbs to conjugate. All the forms are listed below in Italian, with the English translation of each verb.
Verbs, forms and the English translation (10)
- uscireto go out
- esci · esca · usciamo · uscite · escano
- venireto come
- vieni · venga · veniamo · venite · vengano
- sapereto know
- sappi · sappia · sappiamo · sappiate · sappiano
- avereto have
- abbi · abbia · abbiamo · abbiate · abbiano
- essereto be
- sii · sia · siamo · siate · siano
- direto say
- di' · dica · diciamo · dite · dicano
- stareto stay, to be
- sta' / stai · stia · stiamo · state · stiano
- fareto do (to make)
- fa' / fai · faccia · facciamo · fate · facciano
- dareto give
- da' / dai · dia · diamo · date · diano
- andareto go
- va' / vai · vada · andiamo · andate · vadano
The rule: the imperative
The imperative gives instructions and advice: prendi queste gocce, beva molta acqua. It has two registers: direct tu for friends and family, polite Lei for the doctor, the counter, the world.
The forms
| tu | Lei (polite) | noi | voi | Loro (polite) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -are (riposare) | riposa! | riposi! | riposiamo! | riposate! | riposino! |
| -ere (prendere) | prendi! | prenda! | prendiamo! | prendete! | prendano! |
| -ire (dormire) | dormi! | dorma! | dormiamo! | dormite! | dormano! |
| -ire in -isc (finire) | finisci! | finisca! | finiamo! | finite! | finiscano! |
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