Lesson8:command form/命令文/meireibun
Audio
Dialog
男：野菜食べたくないなぁ
女：だめよ
男：なんで？
女：健康に悪いでしょ。食べなさい。
男：うん。
M:I don’t want to eat vegetables…
F:You eat.
M:Why?
F:It’s bad for your health. Eat them.
M:OK.
Grammar explaination
You can use “～なさい” when you want to say “command form.”.
command: appropriate for parents to use toward their children, teachers toward their students etc.
The patterns is below:
Verb stem+なさい
勉強しなさい
Example sentences
勉強しなさい。
Study!
大きな声で話しなさい。
Speak loud!
立ちなさい。
Stand up!
Vocabularies
野菜(vegetables)
健康に悪い(bad for health)
食べる(to eat)
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