Zelda: Ocarina of Time/Navi joins our team/Grammar
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Jump to navigationJump to searchThe imperative form using ～なさい[edit]
おきなさい！
You can form the "polite" imperative by taking off the ます off of a verb in the polite present, and add なさい.
- 食べなさい Eat
- 読みなさい Read
- おきなさい Get up
～なさい is used by superiors to their inferiors, like a parent to a child, or a teacher to a student. てください is used by inferiors to ask their superiors to do something, like a student to a teacher.
The word "polite" means this form is not the impolite imperative, like おきろ! Or 読め！, which is a lot stronger imperative.
