Imperative Form

I find it kind of odd that I haven't formally done a lesson on this yet, considering how common imperative speech is in things like anime and manga. But it's time now, because this is a fun verb form.

The imperative form can be classified as rude Japanese, because it's an intentionally rude way to command someone to do something. It is indeed more rude than a command given with なさい. For the positive form, the following conjugations are used:

Ichidan Verbs

• Change the final る to ろ
• 食べる -> 食べろ
• 覚える -> 覚えろ

Godan Verbs

• Change the final sound to the え equivalent
• 走る -> 走れ
• 行く -> 行け

Exceptions

• する -> しろ
• くる -> こい

For the negative form, simply add な to the end of the verb. This is for any type of verb - ichidan, godan, or exceptions.

苦しめ、もっと苦しめ！
Suffer, suffer more!

触るな、貴様！
Don't touch me!

我慢しろ。
Be patient.

ねぇ、死ぬな！
Don't die!