Editing Imperative mood (section)

===Other Indo-European languages===

====Greek====
[[Ancient Greek]] has imperative forms for present, aorist, and perfect tenses for the active, middle, and passive voices.  Within these tenses, forms exist for second and third persons, for singular, dual, and plural subjects.  Subjunctive forms with μή are used for negative imperatives in the aorist.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ present active imperative
|-
!rowspan=2| singular
! 2nd person
| {{lang|el|λεῖπ'''ε'''}}
|-
! 3rd person
| {{lang|el|λειπ'''έτω'''}}
|-
!rowspan=2| plural
! 2nd person
| {{lang|el|λείπ'''ετε'''}}
|-
! 3rd person
| {{lang|el|λειπ'''όντων'''}}
|}

In ancient Greek, the general order (with the idea of duration or repetition) is expressed using the present imperative and the punctual order (without the idea of duration or repetition) using the aorist imperative.

====Russian====
The commanding form in Russian language is formed from the base of the present tense.<ref>Валгина Н.С., Розенталь Д.Э. Современный русский язык. 1987, Moscow, page 322—323. isbn 978-5-8112-6640-1</ref> The most common form of the second person singular or plural. The form of the second person singular in the imperative mood is formed as follows:
* A verb with a present stem ending in '''{{lang|ru|– j –}}''' the form of the second person singular of the imperative mood is equal to the base: {{lang|ru|читаj-у — читай, убираj-у — убирай, открываj-у — открывай, поj-у — пой}}.