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Lesson 7: Imperative Form
In this lesson,I will teach you how to convert Japanese verbs to Imperative Form.
How to change Japanese Verbs to Imperative Form?
Verb Type | How to convert? |
Type-1 Verb | change the u-hiragana in the end to e-hiragana in the same column. Example: 会う→会え |
Type-2 Verb | change る in the end to ろ. Example: 食べる→食べろ |
Type-3 Verb | change する in the end to しろ. Example: 勉強する→勉強しろ |
Irregular Verb | 来る→来い する→しろ |
Examples:
Example | Reading | Imperative Form |
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会う | あう | 会え |
書く | かく | 書け |
嗅ぐ | かぐ | 嗅げ |
押す | おす | 押せ |
打つ | うつ | 打て |
死ぬ | しぬ | 死ね |
呼ぶ | よぶ | 呼べ |
飲む | のむ | 飲め |
やる | やる | やれ |
食べる | たべる | 食べろ |
勉強する | べんきょうする | 勉強しろ |
する | する | しろ |
来る | くる | 来い(こい) |
Example Sentences:
はやく勉強しろ! Go study! 宿題を書け! Do your homework! さっさとやれ! Do it! |
Note:
It’s not polite to use Imperative Form to your superiors.
You can only use Imperative Form to your friends or subordinates. If you want to ask somebody do something in a polite way, you can use Te Form of Verb + いただけませんか。 答えを教えていただけませんか。 Could you please tell me the answer? もう一度説明していただけませんか。 Could you please explain it again? |
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When do you use te form instead of imperative and what’s the difference between them?
Te form is more polite than Imperative Form.If you want to give a command, use Imperative Form, If you want to give a request, use Te Form
Will there be any tests for this content in the future? looking forward to it.
Hey marshall, this is probably a stupid question but for 来い. Is the imperative form of it is kukoi? Or do you replace the ku with the ko or vice versa? It’s a little strange to me.
replace the ku with ko