| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| la finestra, per favore. |
| la finestra, per favore. |
| Chiudi |
| Chiudi |
| Chiudi la finestra, per favore. |
| Chiudi la finestra, per favore. |
| "Close the window, please." |
| We use Chiudi in this sentence because chiudere is a regular -ere verb, and in the informal imperative, -ere verbs take the -i ending in the tu form. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| attenzione in classe! |
| attenzione in classe! |
| Fai |
| Fai |
| Fai attenzione in classe! |
| Fai attenzione in classe! |
| "Pay attention in class!" |
| We use Fai in this sentence because fare is an irregular verb and its informal tu imperative form is fai. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| via le tue cose. |
| via le tue cose. |
| Metti |
| Metti |
| Metti via le tue cose. |
| Metti via le tue cose. |
| "Put your things away." |
| We use Metti in this sentence because mettere is a regular -ere verb, and in the tu imperative, it takes the -i ending. |
| Unscramble the words to make a sentence. |
| Ready? |
| Comincia |
| Comincia a |
| Comincia a scrivere |
| Comincia a scrivere i |
| Comincia a scrivere i compiti. |
| "Start writing the homework." |
| Comincia a scrivere i compiti. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| (Finisco or Finisci) i compiti adesso. |
| (Finisco or Finisci) i compiti adesso. |
| Finisci |
| Finisci |
| Finisci i compiti adesso. |
| "Finish your homework now." |
| Finisci is used here because it's the second-person singular imperative form of the verb finire, used to give a direct command to one person. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| (Vai or Vado) al parco. |
| (Vai or Vado) al parco. |
| Vai |
| Vai |
| Vai al parco. |
| "Go to the park." |
| Vai is used here because it's the imperative form of the verb andare, which is used to tell someone where to go. |
| Let's translate some sentences into Italian. |
| Translate "Call me "Bruno"." into Italian. |
| chiamami, "call me," |
| chiamami itself breaks down into: |
| chiama, "call," |
| followed by |
| mi, the object pronoun for "me." |
| next |
| "Bruno," the name being used. |
| Chiamami is used here because the speaker is giving a direct instruction using the informal imperative with an attached pronoun. |
| Chiamami "Bruno." |
| Chiamami "Bruno." |
| "Call me "Bruno"." |
| Translate "Eat more slowly." into Italian. |
| mangia, "eat," |
| followed by |
| più, "more," |
| next |
| lentamente, "slowly." |
| Mangia is used here because it is the tu form of the imperative, which is used to tell someone directly to eat. |
| Mangia più lentamente. |
| Mangia più lentamente. |
| "Eat more slowly." |
| Translate "Open the window, please." into Italian. |
| Apri, the imperative form of the verb aprire, meaning "open," |
| followed by |
| la finestra, meaning "the window," |
| next |
| per favore, meaning "please." |
| Apri is used here because it's the second-person singular informal imperative form of the verb aprire, meaning "to open." |
| Apri la finestra, per favore. |
| Apri la finestra, per favore. |
| "Open the window, please." |
| Listen to me as I speak. Which verb in the imperative form do you hear? |
| Fai attenzione in classe! |
| Let's listen one more time. |
| Fai attenzione in classe! |
| Did you hear, fai? |
| Fai is the imperative tu-form of the irregular verb fare, used here to tell someone to pay attention. |
| How about...? |
| Metti via le tue cose. |
| Let's listen one more time. |
| Metti via le tue cose. |
| Did you hear, metti? |
| Metti is the imperative tu-form of mettere, meaning "put." |
| It's used here to tell someone to put their things away. |
| Next… |
| Vai al parco. |
| One more time. |
| Vai al parco. |
| Did you hear, vai? |
| Vai is the imperative tu-form of the irregular verb andare, meaning "go." |
| It's used here to give a direct command or suggestion to someone to go somewhere. |
| And... |
| Apri la finestra, per favore. |
| One more time. |
| Apri la finestra, per favore. |
| Did you hear, apri? |
| Apri is the imperative tu-form of the regular verb aprire, meaning "open." |
| It's used here to give a direct command to someone, telling them to open something, like a window or a door. |
| Thank you for watching. |
| Now you know how to ask someone to do something in Italian. |
| ...and now you can move on to the next lesson in the pathway. |
| A presto! |
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