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velvet riverBOT Mar 10, 2026, 5:26 PM

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jovial spire Mar 10, 2026, 5:27 PM

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déjà ça serait aidez-moi à l'impératif

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mais c'est juste pas ce qu'on dit

glass whale Mar 10, 2026, 5:27 PM

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I had thought infinitives can be commands like in recipes, except you use infinitif rather than the vous version to be more polite

jovial spire Mar 10, 2026, 5:27 PM

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on dit à l'aide

jovial spire Mar 10, 2026, 5:27 PM

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glass whale I had thought infinitives can be commands like in recipes, except you use infini...

only in recipes and exercises really

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like instructions

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or on un manuel d'utilisation d'un produit

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user's manual

glass whale Mar 10, 2026, 5:29 PM

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Merci

acoustic sable Mar 10, 2026, 5:33 PM

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Infinitives are not really commands so much as instructions/warnings, stuff that's generalized for anyone who might read it but doesn't necessarily push them into completing an action. If you're speaking to someone directly (or multiple people) in the moment, I don't think there's anytime you'd use infinitive

jovial spire Mar 10, 2026, 5:37 PM

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it's not used in speaking in general tbh

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