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[fresh mica]

Correct me if im wrong please

We use pronom tonique with the réflexive verbs.

https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/how-to-form-affirmative-commands-with-reflexive-verbs-imperatif

[devout fable]

Ohh okay. I thought so but I wasn't sure 😭

Merci beaucoup!

[fresh mica]

Im also a student, so wait till a person with good grammar responds hahah i hope my answer is right

[jaunty crypt]

the imperative for the 2nd person singular of "coucher" is « couche » without the s (this is a specific rule for -er verbs where the s gets dropped in the imperative in most cases)

and for deciding if you use an additional pronoun, it's just a question of whether the verb is "coucher" or "se coucher"

[fresh mica]

We say, couche-toi right?

but if we are talking about négative sentence, i believe that the sentence is going to be "ne te couche pas"

[jaunty crypt]

that is indeed something that one could say

yes, the pronoun order changes in the negative (although in informal speech in some places, it doesn't always)

[fresh mica]

Can we put this sentences in passé composé or other tenses too ?

Or are there any spécial rules about it ?

[jaunty crypt]

imperative only exists in the present

[fresh mica]

Oh

What if someone has said this thing in the past and im talking about it now ?

Is it the discours indirect

Il m'a dit ne te couche pas

[jaunty crypt]

You can't do it, you need to reformulate

There is a past imperative, but it's an order for a future state

[fresh mica]

Okay, but my sentence "ne te couche pas" makes sense right ?

Does it mean" dont sleep" ?