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命令形(3グループ) (meireikei (3 guruupu)) — Imperative form — Group 3 (irregular)

Only two verbs, and no rule applies — you memorise them.

Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)

Verb G3 します → しろ / 来ます → 来い

Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)

Meaning

Group 3 has only two verbs, します and 来ます, and no rule applies to either.

How to attach

  • します → しろ.
  • 来ます → 来い (read 「こい」).
  • しろ is very useful because it works with every 〜します word: 勉強します → 勉強しろ, 掃除します → 掃除しろ, 注意します → 注意しろ.

Watch out

  • 来い has no ろ — that is the most commonly forgotten point.
  • The reading of 来ます changes between き and こ across its forms, so fix it in your memory that 来い is read 「こい」.

Examples (उदाहरणहरू)

早く しろ。

はやく しろ。

Hurry up.

ここへ 来い。

ここへ こい。

Come here.

静かに しろ。

しずかに しろ。

Be quiet.

Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)

Question: 1/3

How is the imperative of 「来ます」read?

💡 Hint: 来い has no ろ.

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