Key Rule: The imperative has three common forms: masculine singular, feminine singular, and plural (same for both genders in casual speech). It is formed from the future tense by dropping the prefix.
Write the correct Hebrew form for each item.
2.Please sit down (to a group):
3.Give me the book (to a woman):
5.How do you say 'come!' to a woman?
6.To soften a command, Israelis often use:
7.How do you say 'don't go'?
8.שְׁבוּ is a command addressed to:
Answers
1. בּוֹא הֵנָּה! (bo HE-na!)
2. שְׁבוּ בְּבַקָּשָׁה (shvu be-va-ka-SHA)
3. תְּנִי לִי אֶת הַסֵּפֶר (tni li et ha-SE-fer)
4. אַל תֵּלֵךְ! (al te-LEKH!)
5. בּוֹאִי
6. Future tense
7. אַל תֵּלֵךְ
8. A group