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The Imperative: Negative Forms

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The imperative is used to give commands, issue orders, and exhort. This is often done using the negative form. For example, in English, we might say, "Don't touch it!" or "Don't speak!" Following is a table outlining the negative imperative forms in Italian for verbs ending in -are, -ere, and -ire.

parlare

credere

finire

tu

non parlare!non credere!non finire!

Lei

non parli!non creda!on finisca!

noi

non parliamo!non crediamo!non finiamo!

voi

non parlate!non credete!non finite!

Loro

non parlino!non credano!non finiscano!

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