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This explanation covers the indirect (formal) imperative form, that is to say the formal third person singular
with ‘Lei’ rather than the second person ‘tu’ form.
For regular verbs, those belonging to the first group (e.g. cant-are) add the ending -i whereas verbs in the
second and third groups (e.g. mett-ere, dorm-ire) add the ending -a. For example:
Here are the most frequent irregular verbs conjugated in the formal ‘Lei’ imperative:
When we use reflexive verbs in the formal ‘Lei’ imperative form, the reflexive pronoun ‘si’ remains
separated from the verb, as in these examples:
Negative verbs are formed simply by putting the negation ‘non’ before the verb, for example: