Imperative

The imperative includes both singular and plural forms, as well as second and third-person variations. The second-person singular matches the verb stem itself. Other forms require the following suffixes: 

🙏🏼 To form the second person plural, -ğız or -gez is added to verb stems ending in a vowel (except for -i, -u). Meanwhile, the third person singular adds -sın or -sen, and the plural adds -sınnar or -sennər. 

(sin) başla / eşlə / biye 

(sez) başlağız / eşləgez / biyegez 

(ul) başlasın / eşləsen / biyesen 

(alar) başlasınnar / eşləsennər / biyesennər 

🙏🏼 To form the second person plural, -yığız/-yegez or (w)-ığız/-egez is added to verb stems ending in the vowels -i, -u or a consonant: 

(sin) yu / ki / cəy 

(sez) yuwığız / kiyegez / cəyegez 

(ul) yusın / kisen / cəysen 

(alar) yusınnar / kisennər / cəysennər 

🙏🏼 The second person plural and the third person singular and plural forms of diyü (to say) follow the standard formation rules for verbs with stems ending in -i:  

(sez) diyegez 

(ul) disen 

(alar) disennər 

BUT: 

(sin) digen (neg. dimə) 

🙏🏼 Requests are usually conveyed through imperative mood verbs, to which particles such as -çı/-çe, -sana/-sənə are added to soften the request (like “would you…”, “please,…”), as well as the word zinhar meaning "please":  

birçe – (would you) give 

qalsana – (would you) stay 

əyt, zinhar – please, tell 

🙏🏼 Additionally, particles like əle and inde are used:  

açulanmağız inde – please, don’t be mad 

biregez əle – give, please 

🙏🏼 A more refined request is expressed in the form of:  

əytməssezme ikən – would you mind telling 

qarap çıqmassızmı ikən – would you mind taking a look 

awırsınmasağız, kilegezçe – if it’s not too hard, could you please come 

🙏🏼 The highest degree of request is: 

ütenəm, yalwaram – I’m begging you