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The imperative verb forms are used to give orders or advice, to urge strongly, and to exhort. It is a simple tense—in the sense that it isn’t compound—and has only one form, the present. Furthermore, you can address your command only to an informal form of "you": tu or voi, depending on whether you are talking to one or more people.

When conjugating a first-conjugation Italian verb, the familiar singular (tu) command is the same as the third-person singular (Lei) form of the present indicative, and the plural voi command is the same as the voi form of the present indicative (see the table below).

FIRST-CONJUGATION VERB IMPERATIVES

INFINITIVETUVOI

cantareCanta!Cantate!

mangiareMangia!Mangiate!

parlareParla!Parlate!

The familiar commands for regular -ere and -ire verbs are the same as the tu and voi forms of the present indicative (see the table below).

SECOND- AND THIRD-CONJUGATION

VERB IMPERATIVES

INFINITIVETUVOI

dormireDormi!Dormite!

finireFinisci!Finite!

pulirePulisci!Pulite!

salireSali!Salite!

scrivereScrivi!Scrivete!

vendereVendi!Vendete!

Although the imperative conjugation has a form you’re already familiar with, there are some Italian verbs that have irregular forms for the familiar commands in the tu and voi forms (see the table below).

SECOND- AND THIRD-CONJUGATION

VERB IMPERATIVES

INFINITIVETUVOI

andare (to walk)Va’!Andate!

avere (to have)Abbi!Abbiate!

dare (to give)Da’!Date!

dire (to say, to tell)Di’!Dite!

essere (to be)Sii!Siate!

fare (to make)Fa’!Fate!

sapere (to know)Sappi!Sappiate!

stare (to stay)Sta’!State!