hello deutschland
today you're going to learn how to form
the german command form
also known as the imperative this is
what you use to boss people around
tell them what to do or otherwise just
command people
to act in a certain way all in german
i'll show you all of the different forms
that you can use
and the quirks that go with each type of
command when you're done with this video
you'll be able to command anyone you
want you will rule the world
just kidding but you will learn the
german imperative form
this video is huge so if you're looking
for information on a particular part of
the imperative in german
check out the timestamps in the
description or the breaks in the youtube
player itself if you just put your mouse
over the player
at the end of this video there are a
bunch of examples with various forms
side by side so that you can compare the
forms and see what the command might
look like
if it were directed at a different
person or different people
there are a couple of things that all
commands do in german they all start
with the verb and at the end you don't
make the pitch change like you would at
the end of a question
for example genzi nachosa
are you going home that's a question
your voice goes up a little bit at the
end
genzina hausa go home that's a command
your pitch stays flat the entire time
the first command form that i'm going to
teach you
is the easiest when you use the z form
as a command
you simply put the verb first the z form
which is usually the same as the
infinitive
the subject z is then next and the rest
of your sentence follows after that
check out these examples to see what i
mean steigensie bitte aus
please disembark or exit schtekenzie
tikata
in the stackplatz insert the card
into the slot neyman's ebitda platz
please have a seat please take a seat
afternoon zd2 open the door
bring in the schweiner schnitzel with
bring me the pork cutlet with potatoes
hamze bitte einen augen blick gadold
please have a moment of patience while
the verb haben
is not weird this time the verb sein as
always
is confusing and weird for the z-form
command
you add an extra e in the middle of the
infinitive if you need to tell someone
to behave in a particular way
you need the verb sein more specifically
the form
zion here are a few examples of that
zionsi bitter hulwaik please be quiet
zion zee fosechtig be careful
zion z fly sick be diligent
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just like any other situation in german
there is a formal option
and an informal option the z form that i
just explained
is how you would speak to a stranger or
a person of authority
for more information about the subtle
differences between the formal and
informal you in german there's a link in
the description
assuming that you already know the
differences between formal and
informal u in german i'm now ready to
teach you about the do form command
this command form is more similar to the
english commands in that the subject
pronoun u
drops out of the sentence in order to
form the command form for
do start with a normal sentence in the
do form
for example question are you going home
or dugues nachosa you are going home
it doesn't matter if this is a statement
or a question once you have your
sentence
brush the dust off of it the do in the
st
go home now you have a command since the
subject pronoun
do drops out of the sentence you don't
have to worry about the word order as
long as the end result is
that your verb is at the beginning here
are a few more examples with do
martha's bookhouse of zeita draihonda
fia
open your book to page 304
binda daina shuwatsu tie your shoes
pass off pay attention
gitmiya mein henditsuhuk give me
back my cell phone
don't drive so fast with these examples
i can show you several of the quirks
about the do form commands
the first example martha's bought
is a normal example i simply conjugated
the verb auf machen
to the do form and then removed both do
and s t
from the sentence there is nothing weird
about this example
at all so long as you know how to use a
separable prefix like alf
in the second example you'll notice that
i put e at the end of the verb
instead of bind i said binda
technically if you follow the rules that
i've mentioned so far this
isn't different either conjugate the
verb binden to the do form
bindist then remove the do and st from
the sentence
you end up with binda the e that you
added in order to conjugate the verb
remains when you make it the command
technically speaking all commands with
the do form can have an e
at the end of them if you so wish but in
conversational german the e is only
added when you would have added an e in
the normal form
this will happen with any verb stem that
ends in d t
or a group of consonants with different
sounds for example
reyden so with mia don't talk to me that
way
finder defend find the remote
water wait shelter bitter does
lichthouse
please turn out the light at motif
take a deep breath in pony
draw a pony in the example pass out
i showed you another quirk the verb is
aufpassen
when you conjugate this verb to the do
form it becomes du
past auf if you remove the do and st
from the sentence
you would end up with pass off but the
version that i wrote has both
s's why well you didn't add an s when
you conjugated it
so you wouldn't remove an s when you
change it into a command
this will happen with any verb that ends
in s as set
x or z for example freit
li spitter for fred please read aloud
it sophia don't eat so much
beistein and buddhanight don't bite your
brother
fax mia den fertraq fax me the contract
bitter fair magnate please don't curse
me
that's the hin sit down
when mata don't dance in the street
even if martha does it in the example
gippmia meinhenditzuhik i showed you how
to use a stem-changing verb
in the command form if you don't know
what stem-changing verbs are or how to
use them
you can find a lesson about those linked
in the description if you do know how to
use them
you will know that the do form is
affected by this change
that means that verbs like gaben the
verb becomes gipsed when it's in the do
form
this in turn means that the command form
for do with gaben
is gibb the same thing was shown in the
examples of
isofil and fred lisbeth
so if there is a stem change in the
present tense version of the verb
keep that stem change when the command
form is made don't forget that the verb
neyman is a bit weird
it becomes nymphs for the dew form as a
command it is then
nim here are a few more examples of stem
changes
to essence don't take more than you can
eat
zima look over there
help me steal
me never steal
but what about the example of
fardoghnitzo
you asked verbs with a to a umlaut stem
changes
do not get their stem change in the
command form here are a few more
examples of that just for good measure
rata common harbor guess what i got
schlag dynasty nate don't hit your
sister
schlafdorn canson don't sleep the entire
day
some verbs in german end with ln or r n
instead of e n for example phion and
lechon with these verbs the conjugated
form for ich
in the present tense is
with l in verbs it is optional to leave
out the e
before the l for example
for the rn verbs it's less common but
still generally accepted to lose the e
before the
r when speaking for example a fairer
when you make a command out of these
verbs you'll need to have the e
at the end while the one in the middle
is still optional
my personal preference with commands and
these types of verbs is that the middle
one is still included
here are a few examples of those kind of
verbs
swansea is shown for by
smile 2020 is over
zamla alemunsen um einen prize super
common
collect all the coins in order to win a
prize
fire next to phil don't celebrate too
much
litharamia das kashank ship me the gift
as usual the verbs haben and zein are
unusual
the normal present tense of the verb
haben is du
hast if you follow my instructions so
far and you simply remove the st at the
end
you would end up with ha that's
obviously not right
the do form command for haben is hub
for example hap have
patience pass have a lot of fun
for sein we use zai as the do form
command
here are a few examples of that zai
bitten
sonic please don't be angry
be careful behave
i like to use that last example because
the verb to behave in english has always
kind of fascinated me
it acts like the verb to be with an
adverb but is actually just
one word in german it actually is two
words
i just think it's cool to see this
subtle difference between the languages
when commanding more than one person
informally you would use the ear form
this form is considerably easier than
the do form as there are no stem changes
in this form
in order to make a command for ear you
simply conjugate the verb in the ear
form
and then you drop the ear like van gogh
here are a few examples of that
gate nachosa go home
fat nick mitten
don't ride your bicycle on the street
le chiltmea smile more
last year sure by the artur leave your
shoes at the door
lest jesus bow read this book
la
first download this pdf
sit down in those examples you can see
verbs that add an e before the
conjugated ending
larit verbs with an s at the end last
verbs that in the do and erzie s form
require a stem change
laced verbs with l n la hilt
and verbs with separable prefixes zetst
oy hin
with all of those examples nothing
strange happens at all
the ear form commands are definitely
among the easiest
even the forms of haben and zein are
normal hopped
and zeit hopped aina guterreisa
have a nice trip einstein
have a piece of cake zeitgeist
be quiet zeit
don't be sad next up we have the veer
form commands
this might not make sense if you try to
translate directly but the veer form
commands are just like saying
let's do this or let's do that just like
with the z form
you simply use the form of the verb that
usually goes with via
and then you put the verb first again
there is nothing weird about these forms
machenville under a hausaufgam let's do
our homework
gen viaglai let's go soon
calvin via my mother let's buy my mother
this blouse
yodon via jaden morgen let's yodel
every morning the verb haben is not
weird in this form
as it simply uses the normal form haben
zein on the other hand uses the same
form it did with z
zion here are a few examples of that
haben via iced some abendessen let's
have ice cream for dinner
zion viet zufriden with dem vas verhaben
let's be satisfied with what we have
another kind of command in german that
is often overlooked in videos like this
is the official style command that you
will hear in announcements on trains
or see on signs this is formed by simply
putting the infinitive of the verb at
the end of the sentence
here are a few real-life examples of
that
tisatsuk ended here bitte a la austin
this train ends here please all exit
honda and alaina fioren dogs must be on
a leash
foyer via ausfat tag and nacht
freiheiten
leave the fire department exit open all
day and night
or don't block the fire department exit
during day or night
handy's auschaten turn off your phones
bitter abstained please keep your
distance
a similar version of this is to use a
form of sein either the
rzs form or the z plural meaning they
form
plus an infinitive and the preposition
su for example
hunda sint under laina zuferen dogs are
to be led on a leash
kinder and free laughing the tears in
super awfu
children and unleashed animals are to be
watched
litter is to be cleaned up now that you
know the different forms of commands
let's look at them next to each other
and compare them let's start with the
regular verb like
komen to come come see with mia
come with me come with me
come with me mia come with me
comment let's come with him
stem changing verbs from e to i gaben to
give
gabenzi mia geld give me your money
give me a dinglet give me your money
gaped mia oya geld give me your money
let's give him our money notice that i
changed the possessive in each of those
sentences
so that i match the person being
commanded and the possessive
make sure to be consistent with the
forms that you use no matter which one
you choose
stem changing verb from e to ie lazen
to read lazenzi das shield
read the sign lis das shield
read the sign laced thus shield
read the sign laisenville does shield
let's read the sign stem changing verb
from a to a umlaut
anfangen to start
start fang an start
an start fang in vian
let's start verb that ends in ln
zamel to collect zamonzi fila pokemon
collect a lot of pokemon zamla
feel a pokemon collect a lot of pokemon
zamon via let's collect a lot of pokemon
a verb that ends in rn to annoy
fair ergon don't annoy him
let's not annoy him the irregular verb
haben to have habanzi bitter gadold
please have patience
let's have patience please the irregular
verb
sein to be zionsie fosse
be careful
be careful zion via fosse
let's be careful congratulations on
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