Imperatives:
Imperatives is a mood that gives a command. (Remember that mood shows the attitude of the speaker.) In English, this is the mood you need to use if you are going to use a one word sentence. For Example: Wait! Stop! Listen! Great Latin scholars will be confused that there needs to be a subject for a sentence. The subject of an imperative is you (understood), meaning that the subject is implied. Since you is the subject of imperatives, then they are all 2nd person.
Learn these endings for Imperatives:
| 1st Conj | 2nd Conj | 3rd Conj | 3rd-io Conj | 4th Conj | |
| Infinitive | pugnare | sedEre | scribere | fugere | audire |
| Singular | pugna | sede | scribe | fuge | audi |
| Plural | pugnate | sedete | scribite | fugite | audite |
| Negative Singular | noli pugnare | noli sedEre | noli scribe | noli fugere | noli audire |
| Negative Plural | nolite pugnare | nolite sedEre | nolite scribere | nolite fugere | nolite audire |
| Positive Translation | Fight! | Sit! | Write! | Flee! | Hear! |
| Negative Translation | Don’t Fight! | Don’t Sit! | Don’t Write! | Don’t Flee! | Don’t Hear! |
Things to observe:
1. The singular imperatives is formed simply dropping the -RE from the infinitive.
2. The negative imperatives are formed by using the imperatives of the irregular verb “nolo” (noli and nolite) and adding the infinitive.
