Editing Imperative mood (section)

====French====
Examples of regular imperatives in French are {{lang|fr|manges}} ({{gcl|2SG}}), {{lang|fr|mangez}} ({{gcl|2PL}}) and {{lang|fr|mangeons}} ({{gcl|1PL}}, "let's eat"), from {{lang|fr|manger}} (to eat) – these are similar or identical to the corresponding present indicative forms, although there are some irregular imperatives that resemble the present subjunctives, such as {{lang|fr|sois}}, {{lang|fr|soyez}} and {{lang|fr|soyons}}, from {{lang|fr|être}} (to be). A third person imperative can be formed using a subjunctive clause with the conjunction {{lang|fr|que}}, as in {{lang|fr|qu'ils mangent de la brioche}} ([[let them eat cake]]).

French uses different word order for affirmative and negative imperative sentences:
* {{lang|fr|Donne-le-leur.}} (Give it to them.)
* {{lang|fr|Ne le leur donne pas.}} (Don't give it to them.)

The negative imperative (prohibitive) has the same word order as the indicative. See {{slink|French personal pronouns|Clitic order}} for detail.
Like in English, imperative sentences often end with an exclamation mark, e.g. to emphasize an order.

In French there is a very distinctive imperative which is the imperative mood of [[preterite tense]] also called (past imperative or imperative of [[perfect future|future perfect]]), expresses a given order with previous future value which must be executed or fulfilled in a [[future]] not immediate, as if it were an action to come, but earlier in relation to another that will also happen in the future. However, this type of imperative is peculiar to French which has only one purpose: to order that something be done before the date or time, therefore, this will always be accompanied by a [[circumstantial complement]] of time. However, this imperative is formed with the auxiliary verb of the {{lang|fr|avoir}} compound tenses and with the auxiliary verb {{lang|fr|être}} that is also used to form the tenses composed of the pronominal verbs and some of the intransitive verbs, this means that the structure of the verb imperative in its entirety is composed.

{| class="wikitable"
|+Examples of Imperative of Preterite Tense
|-
! colspan="7" |with the auxiliary {{lang|fr|avoir}}
|-
!
! {{lang|fr|aimer}}
! {{lang|fr|finir}}
! {{lang|fr|ouvrir}}
! {{lang|fr|recevoir}}
! {{lang|fr|rendre}}
! {{lang|fr|mettre}}
|-
! {{gcl|2SG}}
| {{lang|fr|aie aimé}}
| {{lang|fr|aie fini}}
| {{lang|fr|aie ouvert}}
| {{lang|fr|aie reçu}}
| {{lang|fr|aie rendu}}
| {{lang|fr|aie mis}}
|-
! {{gcl|1PL}}
| {{lang|fr|ayons aimé}}
| {{lang|fr|ayons fini}}
| {{lang|fr|ayons ouvert}}
| {{lang|fr|ayons reçu}}
| {{lang|fr|ayons rendu}}
| {{lang|fr|ayons mis}}
|-
! {{gcl|2PL}}
| {{lang|fr|ayez aimé}}
| {{lang|fr|ayez fini}}
| {{lang|fr|ayez ouvert}}
| {{lang|fr|ayez reçu}}
| {{lang|fr|ayez rendu}}
| {{lang|fr|ayez mis}}
|-
! colspan="7" | with the auxiliary {{lang|fr|être}}
|-
!
! {{lang|fr|aller}}
! {{lang|fr|partir}}
! {{lang|fr|venir}}
! {{lang|fr|mourir}}
! {{lang|fr|naître}}
! {{lang|fr|devenir}}
|-
! {{gcl|2SG}}
| {{lang|fr|sois allé}}
| {{lang|fr|sois parti}}
| {{lang|fr|sois venu}}
| {{lang|fr|sois mort}}
| {{lang|fr|sois né}}
| {{lang|fr|sois devenu}}
|-
! {{gcl|1PL}}
| {{lang|fr|soyons allés}}
| {{lang|fr|soyons partis}}
| {{lang|fr|soyons venus}}
| {{lang|fr|soyons morts}}
| {{lang|fr|soyons nés}}
| {{lang|fr|soyons devenus}}
|-
! {{gcl|2PL}}
| {{lang|fr|soyez allés}}
| {{lang|fr|soyez partis}}
| {{lang|fr|soyez venus}}
| {{lang|fr|soyez morts}}
| {{lang|fr|soyez nés}}
| {{lang|fr|soyez devenus}}
|}

* {{lang|fr|'''Soyez levés''' demain avant huit heures.}} ('''Get up''' tomorrow before eight o'clock.) [With the auxiliary {{lang|fr|être}}]
* {{lang|fr|'''Ayez fini''' le travail avant qu'il (ne) fasse nuit.}} ('''Finish''' the work before it gets dark.) [With the auxiliary {{lang|fr|avoir}} and optional [[Expletive (linguistics)|expletive]] {{lang|fr|ne}}]
* {{lang|fr|'''Aie écrit''' le livre demain.}} ('''Write''' the book tomorrow.) [With the auxiliary {{lang|fr|avoir}}]
* {{lang|fr|'''Soyez partis''' à midi.}} ('''Leave''' at noon.) [With the auxiliary {{lang|fr|être}}]
* {{lang|fr|'''Ayons fini''' les devoirs à 6 h.}} ('''Let us complete''' homework at 6 o'clock.) [With the auxiliary {{lang|fr|avoir}}]

In [[English language|English]] there is no equivalent grammatical structure to form this tense of the imperative mood; it is translated in imperative mood of present with previous value.