Case of "dépêchez-vous"

Andrea N.B2Kwiziq community member

When this command is negated, it becomes "Ne vous dépêchez pas ! (or ne te dépêche pas). I could not understand the rationale for this structure by reading the current lesson. I am guessing the reason may be because, nous, vous, and te are pronouns and so surrounded together with the verb by ne and negative word. Clarification would be greatly appreciated.

This question relates to:French lesson "Forming simple negative commands with the imperative mood in French (L'Impératif)"

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CécileNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Hi Andrea,

This is covered in the following Kwiziq lesson -

https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/how-to-form-negative-commands-with-reflexive-verbs-imperatif

Let me know if this helps!

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Andrea N. asked:

Case of "dépêchez-vous"

When this command is negated, it becomes "Ne vous dépêchez pas ! (or ne te dépêche pas). I could not understand the rationale for this structure by reading the current lesson. I am guessing the reason may be because, nous, vous, and te are pronouns and so surrounded together with the verb by ne and negative word. Clarification would be greatly appreciated.

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