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6課 命令・禁止・義務
Command, prohibition, obligation — 命令形, なさい, なければならない, てもいい
6課

命令形(作り方と使い方)

接続:Ⅰ類: う段→え段(行く→行け)/Ⅱ類: る→ろ(食べる→食べろ)/Ⅲ類: しろ・来い
Imperative form — giving orders briefly, roughly. Used in signs, sports cheers, fathers scolding children, quoting orders.
注意 / Note:Women almost do not use in conversation. In exam questions, it often appears in the form of citation: 先生は「早く来い」と言った.
比較 / Compare:行け(rough)/行きなさい(softer, top to bottom)/行ってください(polite).
よく出る形 / Common form:(標識)止まれ・注意しろ/〜と書いてある/〜と言われた。
早く起きろ。
Get up quickly.
がんばれ!もう少しだ。
Come on! Almost done.
「危ない、逃げろ」と叫んだ。
He shouted 'Danger, run'.

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