Fundamentals of Modern Belarusian - Pravapis.org
Fundamentals of Modern Belarusian - Pravapis.org
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Chapter 17<br />
The Imperative<br />
17.1 Formation <strong>of</strong> the imperative<br />
In the case <strong>of</strong> the vast majority <strong>of</strong> <strong>Belarusian</strong> verbs, the imperative is formed as<br />
follows. Conjugate the verb for the 2 nd person plural and remove the final two letters.<br />
If the stem ends in a vowel, add an –й. If the stem ends in an invariably hard<br />
consonant, nothing is added, otherwise add either an –і or a –ь. The ending –і is<br />
added either if the infinitive is more than one syllable and the accent falls on the last<br />
syllable, or if the root ends in two or more consonants (note that the letter<br />
combinations дз and дж are each treated as a single letter). If neither <strong>of</strong> these two<br />
conditions is met, then a –ь is added. This forms the singular form <strong>of</strong> the imperative.<br />
To form the plural imperative, the suffix –це is appended to the singular form.<br />
infin. 2 rd pers. sing. stem imp. sing. imp. pl<br />
браць to take бярэш бяр- бяры бярыце<br />
глядзець to look глядзіш глядз- глядзі глядзіце<br />
глянуць to glance гляніш глян- глянь гляньце<br />
жыць to live жывеш жыв- жыві жывіце<br />
легчы to lie down ляжаш ляж- ляж ляжце<br />
мыць to wash мыеш мы- мый мыйце<br />
ехаць to drive едзеш едз- едзь едзце<br />
рабіць to do робіш роб- рабі рабіце<br />
рэзаць to slice рэжаш рэж- рэж рэжце<br />
сячы to cut up сячэш сяч- сячы сячыце<br />
стаць to become станіш стан- стань станьце<br />
стукнуць to knock стукніш стукн- стукні стукніце<br />
чакаць to wait чакаеш чака- чакай чакайце<br />
17.2 Vowel changes due to spelling rules<br />
There are several verbs, which seem to be irregular, but the changes <strong>of</strong> their<br />
vowels are really just manifestions <strong>of</strong> spelling rules.<br />
баяцца to fear баешся бо- бойся бойцеся<br />
смяяцца to dare смяешся сме- смейся смейцеся<br />
стаяць to stand стаіш сто- стой стойце<br />
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