B1 · U04

Ascultă-mă puțin

Imperativul for instructions, requests, and warnings

The Vibe

Wait here, listen to me, do not forget the ticket, say clearly what you need

`B1_U04` makes speech more directed and socially sensitive. `Imperativul` is not only for commands, but also for friendly requests, advice, warnings, and urgent help talk.

By the end of this unit you can

  • give simple instructions and requests naturally
  • understand the difference between a soft imperative and a sharp order
  • build short warnings and prompts
  • use `nu` + imperative in everyday scenes

Where the `Imperativul` becomes useful immediately

This is the language of live interaction: asking, guiding, stopping, warning, prompting. It appears whenever you need to act on a situation quickly.

Function Form Example
инструкция așteaptă Așteaptă aici.
просьба ascultă Ascultă-mă puțin.
совет mergi Mergi mai devreme.
предупреждение nu uita Nu uita biletul.
направление vino Vino mai aproape.

Grammar Hack

Imperative is not always harsh

The same form can sound soft, friendly, or sharp. The scene and the tone decide.

The negative form is very frequent

`Nu uita`, `nu pleca`, `nu vorbi atât de repede` are an important everyday layer.

Learn it through situations

This topic is learned best through station, street, friend, kitchen, classroom, and travel scenes.

Chunks matter more than paradigms

It is more useful to keep ready-made chunks: `ascultă-mă`, `așteaptă aici`, `spune-mi`, `nu uita`.

A good social B1 step

With this topic, speech becomes more directed, precise, and responsive.

The same imperative, different tones

soft and friendly

This is how a request, care signal, or calm prompt sounds.

  • Ascultă-mă puțin.
  • Așteaptă aici, te rog.
  • Nu uita umbrela.

urgent and sharp

This is how the form sounds in danger, hurry, or irritation.

  • Vino acum!
  • Nu pleca!
  • Spune-mi direct!

Core chunks

  • ascultă-mă
  • așteaptă aici
  • vino mai aproape
  • spune-mi
  • ia
  • lasă
  • nu uita
  • nu pleca
  • nu vorbi așa repede
  • imediat
  • repede
  • aici

Ready-made phrases

  • Ascultă-mă puțin.
  • Așteaptă aici și nu pleca.
  • Vino mai aproape.
  • Spune-mi direct ce s-a întâmplat.
  • Nu uita biletul.

Nice to Know

At this level, it matters not only to know the form, but to feel its social weight. The `Imperativul` can sound very warm or very sharp, and that is what makes it genuinely alive.

The Real Deal

  • ● tone sorting: friendly / urgent / warning
  • ● matching: сцена и императивная фраза
  • ● fill-in: positive and negative commands
  • ● correction: a broken help dialogue
  • ● speaking: a mini scene with an instruction, request, and warning

Full tasks and answer keys live in structured `exercises.json`.

Shadowing & Audio

The shadowing track is now `6` lines long and includes tone shifts: a calm request, a quick suggestion, a warning, and an urgent reaction.

Flashcards

The deck stays at `12` cards, but the chunks become more reactive and socially colored.

Checkpoint

  • ✓ I can give a short instruction and request naturally
  • ✓ I can feel the difference between a friendly and a sharp imperative
  • ✓ I can build a mini scene with `nu uita`, `așteaptă`, `spune-mi`

Flashcards

1 / 20
ascultă-mă
listen to me
așteaptă aici
wait here
vino mai aproape
come closer
spune-mi
tell me
ia
take
lasă
leave / let
nu uita
do not forget
nu pleca
do not leave
repede
quickly
imediat
immediately
aici
here
direct
directly
dă-mi
give me
spune-le
tell them
arată-ne
show us
nu face
do not do
nu pleca imediat
do not leave immediately
vă rog frumos
please (polite)
cu plăcere
with pleasure
mulțumesc frumos
thank you very much

Exercises

Tone Sort

Sort the imperative lines by tone and function.

Ascultă-mă puțin.
Vino acum!
Nu uita biletul.
Așteaptă aici, te rog.
Nu pleca!

Scene Match

Match the scene with the natural imperative chunk.

ask someone to wait in place
warn someone not to forget the umbrella
ask someone to say directly what happened
call someone closer

Imperative Fill

Insert the suitable imperative form.

___ aici și nu pleca.
Nu ___ biletul.
___-mă puțin.
___ mai aproape.
___-mi direct ce vrei.

Situation Choice

Choose the phrase that fits the scene better.

calmly ask someone to listen: Ascultă-mă puțin / Nu pleca!
urgently stop someone from leaving: Vino mai aproape / Nu pleca!
softly warn about the ticket: Nu uita biletul / Spune-mi direct

Dialogue Repair

Fix the broken help dialogue.

Așteaptă-mă aici și nu uită biletul. Spune direct-mi ce s-a întâmplat și vino acum aici.

Choose the correct option

Read the sentence and pick the right imperative form.

___ mai aproape si ___ ce se intamplă.

Nu ___ acasă si ___ de mâncare cu noi.

___ ușor si nu ___ zgomot.

___ mâncarea pe masă si ___ plouă afară.

___ atenție si nu ___ pe cineva.

Sort into groups

Classify the imperative phrases into three categories.

Ascultă-mă puțin, te rog
Nu uita biletul\!
Vino acum\!
Așteaptă aici
Nu pleca\!
Fii atent la trafic
Spune-mi ce se întâmplă
Mergi direct acasă
Ia umbrela cu tine

Fix the text

Find and fix errors in imperative forms.

Veni mai aproape si asculți ce spun. Nu uit biletul si fii atent. Vino acum si spune direct ce s-a intamplat. Merge mai ușor si ia umbrela. Faci atentie la trafic si nu ramâi prea mult. Spun-mi direct ce ai nevoie. Pune mâncarea pe masă si așteptă aici. Nu pleci si zii ce vrei să mănânci. Stă linistit si luă ceea ce ai nevoie.

Help Scene

Build a mini scene with different shades of the imperative.

1.Give one calm instruction.

2.Add one request or piece of advice.

3.Add one warning with `nu`.

4.Finish with an urgent line or direct request.

Practice saying this out loud.