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## UNIT TWENTY-ONE The imperative 

1 The imperative is used, in Italian as in English, to express orders, com- mands or strong requests: 

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As well as orders and requests, the imperative can also be used to express wishes, invitations, encouragement and advice: 

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## Forms of the imperative 

2 Regular verbs in -are , -ere  and -ire  are conjugated as follows: 

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