The imperative is used to give orders, suggestions or advice. You can read more about this form on the main website here.
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Use the singular imperative forms of the verbs given. Note that the minä-form has been given: you can find the right form of the verb in the singular imperative by looking at the minä-form and removing the final -n.
Harjoitus 2
Use the plural imperative forms of the verbs given. Note that I’ve added a dash in the basic form of each verb. This dash shows you which letters you will have to remove before adding the plural imperative’s marker -kaa/kää.
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Use the singular imperative of the verbs given! Note that you will have to pay attention to consonant gradation in this exercise. The first section has verbtype 1 verbs, which will become weak in the imperative. The second section has verbs belonging to verbtype 3 and verbtype 4, which will have the strong grade in the imperative form.
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Use the singular imperative of the verbs between brackets! This exercise is a mix of different verbtypes. Sentences marked with KPT require you to think about consonant gradation. The singular imperative will be weak when the verb’s minä-form is weak (verbtype 1), and strong when the verb’s minä-form is strong (verbtype 3 and verbtype 4).
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In this exercise, you’re turning “You have to do x” sentences into “Do x!” sentences. You need the singular imperative here because of sinun (singular “you”).
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In this exercise, you’re turning “You have to do x” sentences into “Do x!” sentences. You need the plural imperative here because of teidän (plural “you”).
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In this exercise, you are presented with a sentence with the verb conjugated in the conditional form, used in this case to be polite. We can turn the question “Tulisitteko tänne?” (Would you (plural) come here?) into an order with the imperative form: Tulkaa tänne! (Come here!)
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Use the singular imperative to fill in the blanks!
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The negative imperative form in the singular consists of “älä” (don’t) combined with the positive’s imperative form. For example, the verb lukea becomes Lue! (Read!) in the positive and Älä lue! (Don’t read!) in the negative.
Sentences marked with KPT require you to take a look at the consonant gradation changes of these verbs.
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The negative plural imperative requires two separate elements. First, you will start these with Älkää (the plural form of älä). Next, add the main verb with the final letter removed (for verbtypes 1, 4 and 5) or with the final two letters removed (for verbtypes 2 and 3). To this stem, add -ko or -kö according to vowel harmony rules (e.g. nukkua > nukkuko but kysyä > kysykö).
The exercise below has a dash within the basic form of the verb to show you which letters to remove from the infinitive to get to the right stem. You don’t need to concern yourself with consonant gradation because the plural imperative always has the same grade as the infinitive of the verb, which has been given in this exercise.
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