Editing Zelda: Ocarina of Time/Meeting The Deku Tree/Grammar

== The Informal Imperative ==

We seen earlier an imperative command using ～なさい. Today, we will see another, much stonger imperative.

For Group 1 verbs (う　Verbs), change the verb to base 4 (ends in an　え sound, just like ～ば):

* 書く  ⇔　　書け
* 読む　⇔　　　読め
* 死ぬ ⇔　　死ね　

For Group 2 verbs (る verbs), change the verb to base 5 (ends in an お sound)

* 食べる ⇔  食べろ
* 寝る ⇔　寝ろ 

Note: する and　くる become　しろ and　こい

It is possible you won't here this used in real life, and only seen in games/mangas/animes, etc.


We seen this type of imperative in one sentence:
* 妖精ナビィ…リンクの力となれ…


== The causative form ==
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 We seen earlier an imperative command using ～なさい. Today, we will see another, much stonger imperative.
-For Group 1 verbs (う　Verbs, 五段), change the verb to base 5 (命令形） (ends in an　え sound, just like for the conditional form ～ば):
+For Group 1 verbs (う　Verbs), change the verb to base 4 (ends in an　え sound, just like ～ば):
-* 書く  =>　　書け
+* 書く  ⇔　　書け
-* 読む　=>　　　読め
+* 読む　⇔　　　読め
-* 死ぬ =>　　死ね
+* 死ぬ ⇔　　死ね
-For Group 2 verbs (る verbs, 一段), you also change the verb to base 5, but you must add ろ／よ.
+For Group 2 verbs (る verbs), change the verb to base 5 (ends in an お sound)
-* 食べる =>  食べろ
+* 食べる ⇔  食べろ
-* 寝る =>　寝よ
+* 寝る ⇔　寝ろ
-Whether you use ろ or よ is mostly a question of dialect/preference. よ sounds slighlty softer.
+Note: する and　くる become　しろ and　こい
-Verbs する and　くる become　しろ and　こい.
-Note: 命令形 can mean both the "grammatical Base 5 form" and "imperative form" of a verb. The grammatical base is used for conjugation and ends on 〜エ (eg 食べ、寝（ね）), while the imperative form refers to the verb completely conjugated and ready to be used as a command(eg with ろ／よ tacked on).
-It is possible you won't hear this used in real life, and only see it in games/mangas/animes, etc. It is quite rude.
+It is possible you won't here this used in real life, and only seen in games/mangas/animes, etc.
 We seen this type of imperative in one sentence:
 * 妖精ナビィ…リンクの力となれ…
-(Fairy Navi, become Link's strength...)
 == The causative form ==
-The causative, expressing things such as "to cause to...", "to make someone do something" etc.
-To form the causative, change the verb to base 1 (未然形） (just like the base for the negating form ～ない) and add, depending of the verb type:
-For Group 1 verbs (う　Verbs, 五段), add -せる
-* 書く  =>　　書かせる
-* 読む　=>　　　読ませる
-* 死ぬ =>　　死なせる
-For Group 2 verbs (る verbs, 一段), add -させる.
-* 食べる =>  食べさせる
-* 寝る =>　寝させる
-As a rule of thumb, remember there must be an both an a-sound and a せる. (The same goes for the passive/potential.)
-It was used in the following sentence:
-* リンクよ…今、ここでお前の勇気を試（ため）させて欲（ほ）しい…
-Link, I want to have your courage tested here.