The imperative of irregular verbs is formed, in the singular number, by deleting the personal pronoun du and the ending -st of the second person singular of the present tense indicative. When the verb stem vowel takes an Umlaut (ä / äu / ö) , the Umlaut is omitted.
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kommen
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fahren
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geben
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du kommst
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du fährst
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du gibst
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present tense conjugation |
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komm
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fahr
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gib *
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imperative form |
* Verbs that change their stem vowel from "i to ie" in the present tense, always form the imperative without the suffix "e" (exception: sehen).