Lève-toi vs Lèves-toi

Kiratiana F.C1Kwiziq community member

Lève-toi vs Lèves-toi

Why would we say Lève-toi ! versus Lèves-toi ! What is the difference?

Asked 2 weeks ago
Maarten K.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributorCorrect answer

Kiratiana, 

there is no imperative  ‘ Lèves-toi ‘ as all the - er verbs drop the ‘ final ‘s’ in the tu form of the imperative, as per attached lesson. Only the spelling as ‘ Lève-toi ‘ is correct.

 

“ Tu manges ton dessert. Mange ton dessert !

You're eating your dessert. Eat your dessert!

 

Note that for all verbs ending in -ER (including aller), the -s is dropped at the end of the tu form.
The other forms (nous and vous) are regular.

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

 

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Lève-toi vs Lèves-toi

Why would we say Lève-toi ! versus Lèves-toi ! What is the difference?

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