- published: 07 Apr 2016
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The imperative mood (abbreviated IMP) expresses commands or requests as a grammatical mood. These commands or requests urge the audience to act a certain way. It also may signal a prohibition, permission, or any other kind of exhortation.
Formulation of the English imperative simply uses the bare infinitive form of the verb. The infinitive form usually corresponds to the second-person present indicative form, with the exception of the verb be. The subject of these sentences is usually understood as you (the second person) except in the case of "Let's" which implies first person and at least a second person. Other languages such as Latin, French and German have several inflected imperative forms, which can vary according to grammatical categories such as:
For instance, Latin regular forms can exist:
Some consider this richness of forms useful for a better understanding, particularly because no subject pronoun normally specifies with the imperative.
The use of the imperative mood be seen as impolite, inappropriate or even offensive in certain circumstances. Commonly, polite speech will instead express the same thing as a question or statement, such as:
Let's Play - Mario Party 8: King Boo's Haunted Hideaway
Let's Play – Rocket League with Neck Deep
Let's Play – GTA V – Offense Defense with The Creatures
Let's Play Minecraft – Episode 201 – Golden Gumshoes
Let's Play - GTA V - Sumo!
Let’s Nacho - Kapoor & Sons | Sidharth | Alia | Fawad | Badshah | Benny Dayal | Nucleya
Quantum Break - Part 5 - Too Late (Let's Play / Walkthrough / Playthrough)
Let's Play – Brawlhalla
Far Cry Primal - Part 38 - Helping the Izila (Let's Play / Walkthrough / PS4 Gameplay)
Let's Play – Drawful with Kinda Funny
Let's Explore Fallout 4 [ ASMR ]
The Empire vs Chaos Warriors Let's Play (Official) - Total War: WARHAMMER
Quantum Break - Part 4 - Seriously Incredible Cutscene (Let's Play / Walkthrough / Playthrough)
The Binding of Isaac: AFTERBIRTH - Let's Play - Episode 318 [Reflect]