Transcript Imperative Verbs

Imperative Verbs
Imperative verbs are used to issue commands.
Imperatives can be:
• Positive – commanding someone to do
something
• Negative – commanding someone not to do
something
• Singular – commanding only one person
• Plural – commanding two or more people
To make a
POSITIVE
SINGULAR
imperative….
Take the infinitive of a word and drop the –re
ambulare
sedere
ascendere
conspicere
audire
Take the infinitive of a word and drop the –re
ambula re
sede re
ascende re
conspice re
audi re
Take the infinitive of a word and drop the –re
ambula re
sede re
ascende re
conspice re
audi re
Take the infinitive of a word and drop the –re
ambula
sede
ascende
conspice
audi
This translates as:
ambula – [You] walk
sede – [You] sit
ascende – [You] climb
conspice – [You] catch sight of
audi – [You] hear
To make a
POSITIVE
PLURAL
imperative….
Take the infinitive of a word and drop the –re
ambulare
sedere
ascendere
conspicere
audire
Take the infinitive of a word and drop the –re
ambula re
sede re
ascende re
conspice re
audi re
Take the infinitive of a word and drop the –re
ambula re
sede re
ascende re
conspice re
audi re
Take the infinitive of a word and drop the –re
ambula
sede
ascende
conspice
audi
THEN add a –te onto the end of the word
ambula
sede
ascende
conspice
audi
THEN add a –te onto the end of the word
ambulate
sedete
ascendite
conspicite
audite
This translates as:
ambulate – [You all] walk
sedete – [You all] sit
ascendite – [You all] climb
conspicite – [You all] catch sight of
audite – [You all] hear
To make a
NEGATIVE
SINGULAR
imperative….
Take the infinitive of a word and place the word
“noli” in front of it
ambulare
sedere
ascendere
conspicere
audire
Take the infinitive of a word and place the word
“noli” in front of it
noli ambulare
noli sedere
noli ascendere
noli conspicere
noli audire
This translates LITERALLY as:
noli ambulare – [You] refuse to walk
noli sedere – [You] refuse to sit
noli ascendere – [You] refuse to climb
noli conspicere – [You] refuse to catch sight of
noli audire – [You] refuse to hear
But can also be translated as:
noli ambulare – [You] do not walk
noli sedere – [You] do not sit
noli ascendere – [You] do not climb
noli conspicere – [You] do not catch sight of
noli audire – [You] do not hear
To make a
NEGATIVE
PLURAL
imperative….
Take the infinitive of a word and place the word
“nolite” in front of it
ambulare
sedere
ascendere
conspicere
audire
Take the infinitive of a word and place the word
“nolite” in front of it
nolite ambulare
nolite sedere
nolite ascendere
nolite conspicere
nolite audire
This translates LITERALLY as:
nolite ambulare – [You all] refuse to walk
nolite sedere – [You all] refuse to sit
nolite ascendere – [You all] refuse to climb
nolite conspicere – [You all] refuse to catch sight of
nolite audire – [You all] refuse to hear
But can also be translated as:
nolite ambulare – [You all] do not walk
nolite sedere – [You all] do not sit
nolite ascendere – [You all] do not climb
nolite conspicere – [You all] do not catch sight of
nolite audire – [You all] do not hear
Now let’s
practice!
Translate into Latin: “Run, Cornelia!”
Translate into Latin: “Run, Cornelia!”
“Curre, Cornelia!”
Translate into English: “Noli dormire!”
Translate into English: “Noli dormire!”
“Refuse to sleep!”
or “Do not sleep!”
What is the positive plural imperative
of laborare?
What is the positive plural imperative
of laborare?
Laborate
What is the positive plural imperative
of laborare?
Laborate
Translate into English
What is the positive plural imperative
of laborare?
Laborate
Translate into English
[You all] work!
Would you use an imperative verb to…
• Command someone to do something?
OR
• Command someone NOT to do something?
Would you use an imperative verb to…
• Command someone to do something?
OR
• Command someone NOT to do something?
Both – you can use both positive and
negative imperative verbs
What is the positive plural imperative
of the verb descendere?
What is the positive plural imperative
of the verb descendere?
Descendite!
What is the positive plural imperative
of the verb descendere?
Descendite!
The negative plural imperative?
What is the positive plural imperative
of the verb descendere?
Descendite!
The negative plural imperative?
Nolite descendere!