Katsuyo

Imperative form

The plain command: 書け, 食べろ. Blunt enough that a learner mostly needs to recognise it rather than say it — in signs, in fiction, and in what a coach shouts. Below: the rule for every class, then the imperative form of all 1263 verbs on the JLPT lists, easiest first.

How each class forms it
ClassExampleRule
Ichidan verb食べる → 食べろる → ろ
Godan verb (う)買う → 買えう → え
Godan verb (つ)待つ → 待てつ → て
Godan verb (る)取る → 取れる → れ
Godan verb (む)飲む → 飲めむ → め
Godan verb (ぶ)遊ぶ → 遊べぶ → べ
Godan verb (ぬ)死ぬ → 死ねぬ → ね
Godan verb (く)書く → 書けく → け
Godan verb (ぐ)泳ぐ → 泳げぐ → げ
Godan verb (す)話す → 話せす → せ
Godan verb (行く class)行く → 行けく → け
Godan verb (問う class)問う → 問えう → え
Godan verb (なさる class)なさる → なさいる → い
Godan verb (ある)ある → あれる → れ
Ichidan verb (ずる)論ずる → 論じろずる → じろ
Irregular verb (する)する → しろする → しろ
Irregular verb (達する class)達する → 達しろする → しろ
Irregular verb (来る)来る → 来いくる → こい

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