Understanding the Português Imperative Affirmative
The Imperative Affirmative in Português is a special verb form used when you want to tell someone to do something. It's like giving a friendly command or making a request.
Important Points
- The Imperative Affirmative is used for 'tu', 'você', 'nós', and 'vocês'.
- For 'tu', the ending changes are different from regular verbs.
- For 'você', 'nós', and 'vocês', it looks like the Present Subjunctive form.
- The Imperative Affirmative does not use 'eu' because you can't command yourself.
- Negative commands are not part of the Imperative Affirmative.
Let's look at how to form the Imperative Affirmative for different pronouns. For 'tu', you usually remove the 's' from the present indicative form. For 'você', 'nós', and 'vocês', you use the present subjunctive form.
Examples
- Falar (to speak): Fala (tu), Fale (você), Falemos (nós), Falem (vocês)
- Comer (to eat): Come (tu), Coma (você), Comamos (nós), Comam (vocês)
- Partir (to leave): Parte (tu), Parta (você), Partamos (nós), Partam (vocês)
Remember, the Imperative Affirmative is like a friendly way to ask someone to do something, like 'Please eat your vegetables' or 'Let's play a game'.