Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?
Ир! Суу!
Come! Sit!
Ирээрэй, найзаа.
Please come, my friend.
Уншаарай, гуйя.
Please read, I ask.
Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?
Informal: bare verb stem — Ир! (Come!), Яв! (Go!), Уншь! (Read!)
Polite: stem + -аарай/-ээрэй/-оорой/-өөрэй — Ирээрэй! (Please come!)
Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises
Practice ExercisesUsing bare stem imperative in formal/polite situations (should use -аарай/-ээрэй).
Wrong vowel harmony in polite imperative (e.g., *Ираарай instead of Ирээрэй).
Ир! Суу!
Come! Sit!
Bare stem = blunt/informal imperative. Used with close friends or children.
Ирээрэй, найзаа.
Please come, my friend.
-ээрэй = polite imperative (front vowel ир). найзаа = vocative 'my friend'.
Уншаарай, гуйя.
Please read, I ask.
-аарай = polite imperative (back vowel унш). гуйя = 'I ask/please'.
Practice in course
Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises