Verbs Imperative · 6ec4fd0654b201bbcb3e84fda8646a71

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Dust it!

To tell someone to do something, dust off the regular sentence Du trinkst kein Bier — take away the du and the ‑st!

​Du trinkst kein Bier.​ You drink no beer.​	​Trink kein Bier!​ Drink no beer!​
Du bleibst bei mir.​ You stay with me. ​	Bleib bei mir!​ Stay with me!​

You’ll sometimes see an ‑e added to the du command. Don’t worry, the meaning is still the same! For example, you could say either Geh! or Gehe! And both Trink! and Trinke! are totally okay.

Drink no beer!

If you’re telling a group of people to do something, just take the regular sentence and drop the ihr.

​Ihr trinkt kein Bier.​ You all drink no beer.​	​Trinkt kein Bier!​ Drink no beer!​
Ihr bleibt bei mir.​ You all stay with me.	Bleibt bei mir!​ Stay with me!​

Watch out!

Telling people what to do is usually straightforward, but here are a few things to look out for!​
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If you use a stem vowel changing verb like lassen (ich lasse, du lässt, etc) you don’t keep that ä!

If you want to tell someone to be good or not be silly, you’ll need these special forms:

​du​ you​	​Sei! (You) be!​
ihr​ you all​	Seid!​ (You all) be!​