imperatives

Question 1

Change the following statement into an imperative:

du gehst (you go)

Answer 1

Geh! (Go!)

The du form of the imperative loses the pronoun and also the final ‘st’. Imperatives are normally ended with an exclamation mark in German.

Question 2

Change the following statement into an imperative:

ihr geht

Answer 2

Geht! (Go!)

The ihr form of the imperative loses the pronoun

Question 3

Change the following statement into an imperative:

Sie gehen

Answer 3

Gehen Sie! (Go!)

The Sie form of the imperative keeps the pronoun

Question 4

Change the following statement into an imperative:

wir gehen

Answer 4

Gehen wir! (Let’s go!)

The wir form of the imperative keeps the pronoun