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6.5 Imperatives  

Each Urdu verb has two commonly used "imperative" or command forms. The "familiar" form, corresponding to the pronounتم , should be used with friends, people you know well, and people who are younger than you. The "polite" form, corresponding to the pronoun آپ , should be used with everyone else

 
 

Formula

Familiar Imperative:

 Root Verb + آؤ

polite Imperative

Root Verb + آئے orآئے

 

Examples:

 

Inifinitive

Familiar Imperative

polite Imperative

جانا

جاؤ

جائے

آنا

آؤ

آئیّے

خریدنا

خریدو

خریِدئے

دیکھنا

دیکھو

دیِکھیے

سننا

سنو

سینئے

There are two verbs so far that have irregular imperatives:

 

Examples:

 

Go from here. (polite)

یہاں سے جائیّے۔

Come home. (familiar)

گھر آؤ۔

Buy these oranges. (polite)

یہ سنترے خریدِیے۔

Give the book to me. (polite)

مجھے کِتاب دیجیے۔

Look at (to) this man. (familiar)

اِس آدمی کو دیکھو۔