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[fading breach]

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[faint reef]

it's imperative form I think

which the dash is required

[sharp viper]

the dash is not optional, it's part of the imperative construction
dropping it doesn't impair comprehension tho, so some do drop it informally

there should be a dash in both sentences

[sour sky]

ohhhhhh alright then, when it's imperative form i use dashes

thank you guys

❤️

[sharp viper]

imperative with object pronouns yes

[sour sky]

i will write it down. merci

[faint reef]

oh btw is the imperative usually inverted like abonnez-vous because I also see vous-abonner lol

[sharp viper]

what
that's not a thing

[faint reef]

with the infinitif even

in a yt short so it's probably wrong lmao

[sour sky]

hmm

[faint reef]

some native content

[sour sky]

but u got the point

do we use dashes also in sentences other than imperative?

[faint reef]

inversions

like as-tu

a-t-il

[sharp viper]

you may have heard something like "n'oubliez pas de vous abonner"
which doesn't use a dash and uses the base form (infinitive)

[sour sky]

right, i've seen it before but didn't questioned it until now

[faint reef]

idk I only watch content for natives
some natives are really bad at spelling I must say 😭

[sharp viper]

inversion uses it for formal questions
inverted object-verb with imperative (eg. your sentence)
also compound words like peut-être, coffre-fort, grand-père, etc

[sour sky]

Thanks Flynn, you're always so helpful ^^ that's not the first time you've helped me ❤️

[nova carbon]

So the second sentence in the og message should always have a hyphen too right