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You've already seen how to make affirmative commands with reflexive verbs in L'Impératif in French. (See Conjugate reflexive verbs in the imperative mood in French (L'Impératif) - affirmative commands)
Learn how to make negative commands with reflexive verbs in L'Impératif Présent in French
Look at these negative commands (negative imperatives) that use reflexive verbs:
When forbidding (negative orders) using reflexive verbs, you keep the regular order of the words in a negative statement and simply drop the subject pronoun tu/vous/nous.
Tu ne t'assieds pas -> (X) Ne t'assieds pas!
Look at these other examples:
Remember that for -er verbs, you lose the -s in the tu form.
See Conjugate regular verbs in the imperative mood in French (L'Impératif)
See Conjugate regular verbs in the imperative mood in French (L'Impératif)
See also Conjugate reflexive verbs in the imperative mood in French (L'Impératif) - affirmative commands
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