{"id":7277,"date":"2016-10-02T01:37:31","date_gmt":"2016-10-02T01:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=7277"},"modified":"2016-10-02T01:37:31","modified_gmt":"2016-10-02T01:37:31","slug":"the-imperative-in-portuguese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/the-imperative-in-portuguese\/","title":{"rendered":"The imperative in Portuguese"},"content":{"rendered":"

Parem tudo que estiverem fazendo! Stop everything you\u2019re doing!<\/span><\/p>\n

Now let\u2019s learn more about the<\/span> imperativo, <\/span><\/i>that is, the imperative form in Portuguese.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"imps\"<\/p>\n

N\u00e3o se preocupem! Don\u2019t worry! The imperative can be very similar to English, though some things do change \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n

The imperative is used to express an order, a request, an instruction (in recipes or manuals, for instance), an advice or a warning. <\/span><\/p>\n

It must be conjugated according to the pronoun – in Portuguese, the imperative is used with voc\u00ea (you singular), voc\u00eas (you plural) and n\u00f3s (we). The verb tense is the present subjunctive, but with some alterations. <\/span><\/p>\n

To form the imperative, we must be attentive to verb terminations: <\/span>ar, er, ir<\/b>. Generally, in the imperative mood, they are respectively dropped and replaced by <\/span>e, a, a<\/b>\/ <\/span>emos, amos, amos<\/b>\/ <\/span>em, am, am<\/b>. As in fal<\/span>ar <\/b>(speak): fal<\/span>e<\/b>, fal<\/span>emos<\/b>, fal<\/span>em<\/b>\/ com<\/span>er<\/b> (eat) : com<\/span>a<\/b>, com<\/span>amos<\/b>, com<\/span>am<\/b>\/ ped<\/span>ir<\/b> (ask): pe\u00e7<\/span>a<\/b>, pe\u00e7<\/span>amos<\/b>, pe\u00e7<\/span>am<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Take a look at the board bellow:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nand<\/span><\/i>ar<\/i><\/b><\/td>\nfaz<\/span><\/i>er<\/i><\/b><\/td>\nsa<\/span><\/i>ir<\/i><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
eu<\/span><\/td>\n–<\/span><\/td>\n–<\/span><\/td>\n–<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
voc\u00ea<\/span><\/td>\nand<\/span><\/i>e<\/i><\/b><\/td>\nfa\u00e7<\/span><\/i>a<\/i><\/b><\/td>\nsai<\/span><\/i>a<\/i><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
n\u00f3s<\/span><\/td>\nand<\/span><\/i>emos<\/i><\/b><\/td>\nfa\u00e7<\/span><\/i>amos<\/i><\/b><\/td>\nsai<\/span><\/i>amos<\/i><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
voc\u00eas<\/span><\/td>\nand<\/span><\/i>em<\/i><\/b><\/td>\nfa\u00e7<\/span><\/i>am<\/i><\/b><\/td>\nsai<\/span><\/i>am<\/i><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Now here are some examples (note that some verbs are, unfortunately, irregular):<\/span><\/p>\n