If you are in the imperative mode, there is a tense (present) and due persone (seconda) del singulare and la seconda del plurale) and is used per dare consigli, fare chiesti, esprimere command. However, there is a different type of imperative that you use when necessary to give it the formal form, which is called an indirect imperative. / As is already known, the imperative mode has only one tense (present) and two people (a second singular and second plural) and is used to give advice, make requests, express command. However, there is another type of imperative that is used when it is necessary to give instructions or advice in a formal way, which is called an indirect (formal) imperative.
Register: / Note:
È saputo da tutti che la forma formale all the Italian language is identified by the pronoun Lei (the forma cortese – terza persona singolare)./ It is common knowledge that the formal form in the Italian language is identified by the pronoun ‘Lei’ (courteous form – third person singular).
Vedi alla tabella la coniugazione per i verbi regolari: / See the conjugation for regular verbs in the table:
| Imperative | SCUSARE | HOLD | FEEL |
| Affermative | scusi | Gift | sit down |
| Negative | non-scusi | non gift | don't sit |
Osserva gli esempi: / Look at the examples:
1) scusi, how can I walk to Via Crispi? / Excuse me, how can I go to Crispi Street?
2) Gift hide the right hand and girl alla prima sinister. / Take the second right and take the first street on the left.
3) Please, I entered! / Please come in!
4) Signora, I accommodated lie asppetta l'avvocato. / Madam, make yourself comfortable while you wait for the lawyer.
5) sit down, gift il cousin incrocio della Via Durazzo. / Listen, take the first intersection on Rua Durazzo.
Per i verbi irregolari it is possible to make a practical regola, but knowing what tutta regola ha delle eccezioni. I saw! / For irregular verbs it is possible to make a practical rule, but knowing that every rule has some exceptions. Look!
Regola: / Rule:
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Attach the 1st persona of the present indicative and replace the 'the' finale with a 'a'. / Take the 1st person from the present tense and replace the final 'o' with an 'a'. Do not stop now... There's more after the advertising ;) |
Vedi gli esempi:/ See the examples:
| verbi | 1st person of the present indicative | indirect imperative |
| FARE | faccio | Facia |
| FLOOR | go | Vada |
| VENIRE | I come | Venga |
Osserva alcune eccezioni alla regola: / Note some exceptions to the rule:
| verbi | indirect imperative |
| STAR | Stia |
| ESSERE | Sia |
| AVERE | Abbia |
Esempi: / Examples:
1) Vada always right! / Always go straight!
2) Stia tranquillo, il borsaiolo is stato arrestato. / Rest assured, the purse thief has been arrested.
3) Venga con me, please. / Come with me, please.
Note bene! / Watch!
I verbi che sono accompagnati of a pronoun, the position will always be prima dell'imperativo indirect. See! / Verbs that are accompanied by a pronoun, the position will always be before the indirect (formal) imperative. Look!
- accommodateyes - si accomadi
- To givemi - media
- Walkci – ci vada
If vuoi leggere altro south imperative mode it is possible to access i testi: “Imperative” and “L’imperative tu e voi coi pronomi”. / If you want to read more about the imperative mode, you can access the texts: “Imperative" and "I imperative you and voi coi pronomi”.
Isabela Reis de Paula
Brazil School Collaborator
Graduated in Languages with Qualification in Portuguese and Italian
By the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ
Italian - Brazil School
Would you like to reference this text in a school or academic work? Look:
PAULA, Isabela Reis de. "Indirect imperative"; Brazil School. Available in: https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/italiano/imperativo-indiretto.htm. Accessed on June 29, 2021.
