{"id":2099,"date":"2009-11-03T06:27:29","date_gmt":"2009-11-03T08:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/?p=2099"},"modified":"2018-03-18T17:08:28","modified_gmt":"2018-03-18T20:08:28","slug":"imperative-phrases-in-japanese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/en\/frases-imperativas-em-japones\/","title":{"rendered":"Imperative Japanese Phrases"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"604ea9ec9f03ce20cb5fee53cf49f850\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-0652292147574552\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Ads responsivo Inicio Post CAJap -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0652292147574552\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3298668993\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Learn more about the\u00a0<strong>imperative sentences in japanese<\/strong> and expand your vocabulary!<\/em><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2100\" src=\"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/frases-imperativas-em-japones-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Imperative Japanese Phrases\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/frases-imperativas-em-japones-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/frases-imperativas-em-japones-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/frases-imperativas-em-japones-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Despite being a subject aimed at students of Japanese at an intermediate level, I believe it is time to talk a little about the imperative mood in Japanese. In an ordinary Japanese course, you might only see this subject after a long period of study in the Japanese language.<\/p>\n<h2>Imperative Japanese Phrases<\/h2>\n<p>But as we are not in a normal Japanese course, we are learning both the colloquial Japanese side and the formal side of the Japanese language. Therefore, nothing prevents us from making leaps when it does not interfere with the progress of studies and understanding of it. I am not right?<\/p>\n<h2>Do Japanese use imperative phrases?<\/h2>\n<p>This is something that I have slowly come to realize. I&#039;m still not quite sure about the subject, but it seems that the Japanese don&#039;t usually use sentences in the imperative. Giving orders in normal conversation seems to be seen as somewhat rude and rude.<\/p>\n<p>Because of that, during conversations, the Japanese use the form a lot along with\u00a0<acronym title=\"kudasai\">\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044<\/acronym>, as discussed in the article\u00a0<a title=\"form-you-verbs in japanese\" href=\"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/en\/form-you-verbs-in-japanese\/\">the TE form of Japanese verbs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, in anime, manga, movies and series, imperative phrases are striking and widely used. I believe that this happens because the colloquial language, in these cases, ends up prevailing over the formal language, which is so valued by the Japanese.<\/p>\n<h2>The conjugation of verbs in imperative sentences<\/h2>\n<p>To conjugate a verb, leaving it in the imperative form, we will need to remember the concepts of Japanese verbs in the informal mode, where we learn to divide verbs into groups and its simplest form, also known as the dictionary form.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, we will only use the dictionary form of Japanese verbs to perform their conjugation in the imperative.<\/p>\n<h3>Verbs ending in\u00a0<acronym title=\"ru\">\u308b<\/acronym><\/h3>\n<p>For all verbs ending in\u00a0<acronym title=\"ru\">\u308b<\/acronym>\u00a0in its simplest form, we will change the ending\u00a0<acronym title=\"ru\">\u308b<\/acronym>\u00a0by termination\u00a0<acronym title=\"ro\">\u308d<\/acronym>.<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"oshieru | to teach\">\u6559\u3048\u308b<\/acronym>\u00a0change to\u00a0<acronym title=\"oshiero | teach\">\u6559\u3048\u308d<\/acronym><\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"okiru | wake up\">\u8d77\u304d\u308b<\/acronym>\u00a0change to\u00a0<acronym title=\"okiro | wake up\">\u8d77\u304d\u308d<\/acronym><\/p>\n<h3>Verbs ending in\u00a0<acronym title=\"u\">\u3046<\/acronym><\/h3>\n<p>For all verbs ending in\u00a0<acronym title=\"u\">\u3046<\/acronym>, in dictionary form, we change the ending\u00a0<acronym title=\"u\">\u3046<\/acronym>\u00a0by termination\u00a0<acronym title=\"and\">\u3048<\/acronym>.<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"matsu | wait\">\u5f85\u3064<\/acronym>\u00a0change to\u00a0<acronym title=\"mate | hang on\">\u5f85\u3066<\/acronym><\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"kau | purchase\">\u8cb7\u3046<\/acronym>\u00a0change to\u00a0<acronym title=\"kae | buy\">\u8cb7\u3048<\/acronym><\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"kaeru | turn back\">\u5e30\u308b<\/acronym>\u00a0change to\u00a0<acronym title=\"kaere | return\">\u5e30\u308c<\/acronym><\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"nomu | drink\">\u98f2\u3080<\/acronym>\u00a0change to\u00a0<acronym title=\"name | drink it\">\u98f2\u3081<\/acronym><\/p>\n<h3>about irregular verbs<\/h3>\n<p>As we already know, these verbs do not have conjugation rules. Therefore, it is necessary to learn them little by little, literally decorating their shapes.<\/p>\n<p>For this case, I&#039;ll leave two very simple examples.<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"suru | do\">\u3059\u308b<\/acronym>\u00a0change to\u00a0<acronym title=\"shiro | Knife\">\u3057\u308d<\/acronym><\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"kuru | come over\">\u6765\u308b<\/acronym>\u00a0change to\u00a0<acronym title=\"koi | come\">\u6765\u3044<\/acronym><\/p>\n<h3>Putting sentences in the negative imperative<\/h3>\n<p>This is the easiest conjugation form I&#039;ve found in the Japanese language, at least so far. To explain better, there is no conjugation of verbs in the negative imperative, this tense of imperative sentences is performed by the use of the particle\u00a0<acronym title=\"at\">\u306a<\/acronym>.<\/p>\n<p>To put sentences in the negative imperative mood, just use the particle\u00a0<acronym title=\"at\">\u306a<\/acronym>\u00a0followed by the verb in dictionary form.<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"Pan the taberu na | Don&#039;t eat bread.\">\u30d1\u30f3\u3092\u98df\u3079\u308b\u306a\u3002<\/acronym><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Other forms of imperative in Japanese<\/h2>\n<p>During my studies of imperative sentences in Japanese, I discovered something quite interesting. There are other forms of imperative in the Japanese language that are not as rude as the form we learned in the previous article. Some of these forms are used by women and others are composed to convey an imperative.<acronym id=\"more-1183\"><\/acronym><\/p>\n<h3>The imperative form that women can use<\/h3>\n<p>In many everyday life situations, women need to demonstrate their voice of authority, whether with their children or with their husbands :-). In fact, whenever a woman needs to express herself with authority, she can use the form\u00a0<acronym title=\"nasai\">\u306a\u3055\u3044<\/acronym>.<\/p>\n<p>But remember, in order not to be labeled as rude, quarrelsome or anything like that, a woman should only use the form\u00a0<acronym title=\"nasai\">\u306a\u3055\u3044<\/acronym>\u00a0with people very close to her, like her children and her husband.<\/p>\n<h3>Man who is a man also uses\u00a0<acronym title=\"nasai\">\u306a\u3055\u3044<\/acronym>?<\/h3>\n<p>This doubt hovered over my mind when I read that men could also use the form\u00a0<acronym title=\"nasai\">\u306a\u3055\u3044<\/acronym>. In fact, the form\u00a0<acronym title=\"nasai\">\u306a\u3055\u3044<\/acronym>\u00a0seems to be quite used when the speaker is, or feels, in a superior position.<\/p>\n<p>This means that the form\u00a0<acronym title=\"nasai\">\u306a\u3055\u3044<\/acronym>\u00a0it can be used by a teacher when talking to a student, or by a manager when talking to their subordinates.<\/p>\n<h3>Conjugating the form\u00a0<acronym title=\"nasai\">\u306a\u3055\u3044<\/acronym><\/h3>\n<p>Conjugate a verb in form\u00a0<acronym title=\"nasai\">\u306a\u3055\u3044<\/acronym>\u00a0it is extremely easy, since there is only one rule for all verbs and there are no exceptions, not even for irregular verbs.<\/p>\n<p>Just change the ending\u00a0<acronym title=\"but u\">\u307e\u3059<\/acronym>\u00a0of all verbs conjugated in the form\u00a0<acronym title=\"but u\">\u307e\u3059<\/acronym>\u00a0by termination\u00a0<acronym title=\"nasai\">\u306a\u3055\u3044<\/acronym>. So we will have:<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"kakimasu (masu form of kaku) | write\">\u66f8\u304d\u307e\u3059<\/acronym>\u00a0change to\u00a0<acronym title=\"kakinasai | Write\">\u66f8\u304d\u306a\u3055\u3044<\/acronym><\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"kaimasu (masu form of kau) | purchase\">\u8cb7\u3044\u307e\u3059<\/acronym>\u00a0change to\u00a0<acronym title=\"kainasai | buy\">\u8cb7\u3044\u306a\u3055\u3044<\/acronym><\/p>\n<p>In a sentence with these verbs, the translation will need to convey an idea of kindness instead of order or command as we know it. See the example below:<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"Tegami the kakinasai. | Please write a letter.\">\u624b\u7d19\u3092\u66f8\u304d\u306a\u3055\u3044<\/acronym><\/p>\n<h3>Imperative phrases with\u00a0<acronym title=\"OK Mom\">\u305f\u307e\u3048<\/acronym><\/h3>\n<p>This form of imperative is rarely used by the Japanese, but <a href=\"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/en\/crunchyroll-animes-dramas-mangas-japanese\/\">appear a lot in anime and manga<\/a>. It has the same sense of form\u00a0<acronym title=\"nasai\">\u306a\u3055\u3044<\/acronym>, only denoting more authority and arrogance.<\/p>\n<p>The shape\u00a0<acronym title=\"OK Mom\">\u305f\u307e\u3048<\/acronym>\u00a0is constructed in the same way as the form\u00a0<acronym title=\"nasai\">\u306a\u3055\u3044<\/acronym>. Just change the ending\u00a0<acronym title=\"but u\">\u307e\u3059<\/acronym>\u00a0of verbs by the ending\u00a0<acronym title=\"OK Mom\">\u305f\u307e\u3048<\/acronym>.<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"asobimasu (masu form of asobu) | to play\">\u904a\u3073\u307e\u3059<\/acronym>\u00a0change to\u00a0<acronym title=\"asobitamae | play\">\u904a\u3073\u305f\u307e\u3048<\/acronym>.<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"kodomo to asobitamae | Play with the boy.\">\u5b50\u3069\u3082\u3068\u904a\u3073\u305f\u307e\u3048\u3002<\/acronym><\/p>\n<h3>The shape\u00a0<acronym title=\"kure you\">\u3066\u304f\u308c<\/acronym><\/h3>\n<p>This was the last of the imperative forms I learned. If you noticed, this imperative uses the verbs in the form\u00a0<acronym title=\"you\">\u3066<\/acronym>\u00a0along with the verb\u00a0<acronym title=\" Kureru | to give\">\u304f\u308c\u308b<\/acronym>, creating a sense of giving me something or doing me a favor, clearly forming an imperative mood and expressing an order or request.<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"kure | to give\">\u304f\u308c<\/acronym>\u00a0is simply the imperative form of the irregular verb\u00a0<acronym title=\" Kureru | to give\">\u304f\u308c\u308b<\/acronym>.<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"kono hon yonde kure | Please read this book.\">\u3053\u306e\u672c\u8aad\u3093\u3067\u304f\u308c\u3002<\/acronym><\/p>\n<h2>concluding<\/h2>\n<p>From what we could see, creating sentences with verbs in the imperative is not something that difficult to do. Just use the verbs as we learned to use them, putting them in the imperative form. As for the female audience, just be careful to use the proper imperative form. Nothing too complicated.<\/p>\n<p><small>Image credits:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/germeister\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">germister<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<h2>Kanji calligraphy exercise<\/h2>\n<p>Below are the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/en\/how-to-write-japanese-letter-kanjis\/\">Japanese ideographic symbols<\/a>\u00a0used in this article. Selecting the desired kanji, copy and paste them into\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/en\/in\/imprimir-para-treinar-kanas-e-kanjis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Worksheet for Kana and Kanji Practice<\/a>\u00a0, a new window will open where you can view the printable file and practice Japanese calligraphy by covering the gray symbols and then trying to write yourself. 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