Lesson 6: Imperativ
6.1 How the Imperativ is Different
The simplest way we "command" someone to do something is actually very simple, because it's usually an instruction."Read the text."
"Turn the page."
If we go one step further, we might think of serious or dangerous situations or of a warning.
"Watch your fingers!"
"Get out of the way!"
Or we might even think of this as an admonishment, a reprimand for having done something wrong.
"Stop that right now!"
"Go to your room!"
Yikes! No wonder we English speakers need time to make friends with this in German.
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