The imperative mood is the grammatical form in which the speaker of the sentence is giving someone an order, or making a demand of some sort. Imperative sentences include:
Clean your room.
Go to bed.
Leave me alone.
Do your duty for God and country.
Never set the cat on fire.
Be careful.
The imperative mood expresses a command or a requestBe quiet and hear what I tell you
Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders., Not to be avoided or evaded; obligatory; binding; compulsory; as, an imperative duty or order., Expressive of commund, entreaty, advice, or exhortation; as, the imperative mood., The imperative mood; also, a verb in the imperative mood.
The imperative mood is commanding: Come here. Stop! Don't do that. Have a good vacation!
Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders., Not to be avoided or evaded; obligatory; binding; compulsory; as, an imperative duty or order., Expressive of commund, entreaty, advice, or exhortation; as, the imperative mood., The imperative mood; also, a verb in the imperative mood.
Three: the indicative mood, the imperative mood and the subjunctive mood
The Imperative Mood can be used only in the second person. The subject of the sentence is often omitted when the Imperative Mood is used. In such sentences, the subject you is said to be "understood".
Dinons! (imperative mood) is "let's dine!" in French. Nous dinons is "we are having dinner".
The mood of the verb "take" in the sentence "Take cover immediately" is imperative. Imperative mood is used to give commands or make requests. In this sentence, the speaker is giving a direct command to the listener to take cover immediately.
serre-moi (no final 's' in serre, because of the imperative mood) means 'hold me tight.
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