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The Imperative is used to give command to somebody. In other words, it is similar to "ordering" someone to do something. In French, we use 3 different conjugated forms from the present indicative tense to use as the Imperative. They are the "tu", "nous", and "vous" forms. However, when we are actually using the Imperative in French, whether in speech or writing, we do not use the pronoun. Observe the following example:

As you can see, we use the conjugated forms of "tu", "nous", and "vous". In here, "Finis" is normally used with "tu", "Finissons" is normally used with "nous", and "Finissez" is normally used with "vous". Notice that the pronouns ("tu", "nous", and "vous") are not written beside the verbs. Here is another example:

But ATTENTION - It's not that simple!

That's right! By now you should have noticed that unfortunately the French grammar rules have a lot of exceptions. Well, as you can probably guess, the Imperative has exceptions too! With verbs ending with "er", like "aller" or "parler", we have to drop the ending "s" when we have to use the Imperative from the "tu" form. Here is a chart to illustrate:

Notice that there is no "s" with "Parle" in the Imperative even though there is one in the Present Indicative tense. Here is another example with the verb "aller", which means "to go":

Wait ... there's more! There are irregular verbs with the Imperative too! The most common are the following three:

Click here to view some examples.