| 32.2 Formation of imperatives in German |
The German imperative has five basic forms that are used also nowadays, the second person singular and plural, the first and third person plural for the formal forms. If necessary there are auxiliary constructions to form the other persons.
| Imperative forms | ||||||
| Infinitive | root |
imperative second singular |
imperative first plural |
imperative second plural |
imperative formal singular |
imperative formal plural |
| kommen | komm- | komm | kommen wir | kommt | kommen Sie | kommen Sie |
| come | let us come | come | come | come | ||
| gehen | geh- | geh | gehen wir | geht | gehen Sie | gehen Sie |
| go | let us go | go | go | go | ||
| singen | sing- | sing | singen wir | singt | singen Sie | singen Sie |
| sing | let us sing | sing | sing | sing | ||
| schlafen | schlaf- | schlaf | schlafen wir | schlaft | schlafen Sie | schlafen Sie |
| sleep | let us sleep | sleep | sleep | sleep | ||
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