28. Commands 1

Imperative(command) form

• Now is your chance to be bossy. :-)
• and to understand when someone is trying to tell you to do something.
• The imperative or command form of a Basque verb is in normal speech the dictionary form. Ex: joan, etorri
• The subject is implied to be the listener and the object will take whatever case is appropriate.
• Note that unlike normal sentences, the verb is at the beginning of the sentence, as it is the focus of the sentence.

Commands 1

• egon!: stay!
• ekarri!: bring!
• eseri!: sit!
• etorri!: come!
• gelditu!: stop!
• hitz egin!: speak!
• idatzi!: write!
• hona: to here

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