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===The imperative form=== Even in such non-null-subject languages such as English, it is standard for [[clause (grammar)|clauses]] in the [[imperative mood]] to lack explicit subjects; for example: :"Take a break—you're working too hard." :"Shut up!" :"Don't listen to him!" An explicit declaration of the pronoun in the imperative mood is typically reserved for [[intensifier|emphasis]]: :"You stay away!" :"Don't you listen to him!" French and German offer less flexibility with respect to null subjects. In French, it is neither grammatically correct nor possible to include the subject within the imperative form; the ''vous'' in the expression ''taisez-vous'' stems from the fact that ''se taire'', "to be silent," is a [[reflexive verb]] and is thus the object with similar meaning to "yourself" in an English imperative.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}} In German, the pronoun (singular ''du'' or plural ''ihr'') is normally omitted from the informal [[grammatical person|second-person]] imperative (''Mach das'', "Do it"), although it may be added in a colloquial manner for emphasis (''Macht ihr das!'', "''You [guys]'' do it!"). By contrast, the addressee-specific formal imperative requires the addition of the pronoun ''Sie'' (as in ''Machen Sie das!'', "Do it, [sir/ma'am]!") to avoid confusion with the otherwise [[morphology (linguistics)|morphologically]] identical [[infinitive]], whereas the addressee-nonspecific or "neutral" formal imperative omits the pronoun and moves the verb to [[German sentence structure|final position]] (as in ''Bitte nicht stören'', "Please do not disturb"). On the other hand, the pronoun ''wir'' is always included in the first-person plural imperative (''Machen wir das!'', "Let's do it!"), with the verb appearing in first position to differentiate the imperative from the [[indicative mood]], wherein the verb appears in [[V2 word order|second position]] (as in ''Wir machen das'', "We're doing it").<ref name="joyce2018">{{cite web |last1=Joyce |first1=Paul |title=German verbs: the imperative |url=http://joycep.myweb.port.ac.uk/verbs/imperat.html |website=The Paul Joyce Beginners' German Course |publisher=Paul Joyce |access-date=31 May 2018 |ref=joyce2018}}</ref>
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