Imperative TenseDef Imperative

Introduction

Also known as the command tense, the imperative tense is used to issue direct commands, make requests, and issue calls to action.

It has no first-person (Ich and Wir) conjugation, as it is impossible to issue yourself commands.

Likewise, the imperative also has no third-person singular conjugation.

The Sie - for groups of people or formal address - is simply the unconjugated verb wit Sie said afterwards - lesen Sie (Read you guys).

More properly, the imperative is called a mood, rather than a tense, because it makes no claim to when an action is being performed. For the sake of simplicity however, we call it a tense here.

Additional Reading:
• Personal Subject Pronouns
• Verb Conjugations