What’s on the The Imperative poster
A 4-row table: Form · machen · sein.
Shown on machen, kommen and sein.
- du — Mach! — Sei!
- ihr — Macht! — Seid!
- Sie — Machen Sie! — Seien Sie!
- wir — Machen wir! — Seien wir!
Only the Sie form keeps its pronoun. Stem-changing verbs with e→i keep the change: geben → Gib!
Questions about the The Imperative poster
- What’s on the The Imperative (German) poster?
- A 4-row table: Form · machen · sein. Shown on machen, kommen and sein. du — Mach! — Sei!; ihr — Macht! — Seid!; Sie — Machen Sie! — Seien Sie!; wir — Machen wir! — Seien wir!. Only the Sie form keeps its pronoun. Stem-changing verbs with e→i keep the change: geben → Gib!
- Who is the The Imperative (German) poster for?
- The Imperative (German) belongs to the Languages section rather than to a school year, because languages is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning german can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the The Imperative (German) poster?
- The du form usually drops both the -st and the pronoun. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so The Imperative (German) belongs on the wall where that languages work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with The Imperative (German)?
- Adjective Endings, The Four Cases and Compound Nouns sit alongside The Imperative (German) in the Languages section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Adjective EndingsThe Four CasesCompound Nouns
- Is the The Imperative (German) poster free to download and print?
- Yes. The Imperative (German) downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Languages section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the The Imperative (German) poster print at?
- The Imperative (German) is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of The Imperative (German) loses nothing.Printing guide
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