Imperative of prendre

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Imperative of prendre

Is not prendre in the imperative in "Tiens, prends leur numéro de téléphone" in which case shouldn't the 's' be dropped in prends ?

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Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Frank, ‘prends’ is correct as dropping the terminal ‘s’ in the imperative form only applies to ‘-er’ verbs, not to the ‘-re’ or ‘-ir’ verbs. 

 Conjugate regular verbs in the imperative mood in French (L'Impératif)

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Imperative of prendre

Is not prendre in the imperative in "Tiens, prends leur numéro de téléphone" in which case shouldn't the 's' be dropped in prends ?

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