Indicative and imperative mood of the verb. How to determine the mood of a verb

Russian verbs can be used in three moods: indicative, conditional and imperative. Let's look at each inclination in more detail.

Indicative mood

The indicative mood of the verb serves to convey the presence or absence of an action within any time (past, present or future). The main difference between verbs in the imperative mood is that they can change tenses. Read more about verb tense in the article. So, if a verb is in the present, past or future tense and conveys a real action, then it is used in the indicative mood.

Example: The cup is (was, will be) on the table.

Conditional mood

Used to express an action that can only be performed under certain conditions. A distinctive feature is the addition of the particle “would” (“b”), which can be placed anywhere in the sentence. Used only in the past tense.

Example: The cup would have been on the table if he had not taken it.

Imperative

Serves to convey the will of the speaker (request, advice, order). Most often it is in the second person. The number in this case can be either singular or plural. Example: Put (place) the cup on the table.

If the imperative verb is used in the third person, then it will necessarily have the future tense, and the words “let” (sometimes “yes”) are added to it. Example: Let him put the cup on the table.

If such a verb is used in the first person, then it must have a plural form. Sometimes the word “come on” is added. Example: [Come on] Let's put the cup on the table. If all these signs are present, we can say that the verb is used in the imperative mood.

Each part of speech has its own morphological characteristics, characterizing its grammatical properties. Knowledge of these distinctive features will allow you not only to use word forms correctly, but also to write them correctly. The characteristics influence, for example, the choice of suffixes for participles and gerunds and personal endings for nouns. To describe a verb, aspect (perfect and imperfect), reflexivity, transitivity, tense, number, person, gender and mood are used. Last characteristic helps to determine other inconstant properties of this part of speech and makes it possible to find out whether one or another form of the verb can be formed. What are the subjunctive, imperative and indicative moods? What is their role?

Definition

First, you need to understand what inclination is. According to dictionaries, this is a grammatical category denoting the relationship of action to reality. In the Russian language there are three, as mentioned above, moods. It's a complicated formulation, isn't it? Let's try it simpler.

Each of the three moods is responsible for a specific situation. For example, to describe a possibility, an unreal, hypothetical action, the subjunctive mood is used (“I would go”, “I would read”, “I would draw”), which can be recognized by the particle “would”. In order to order something, there is imperative(“tell me”, “go away”, “breathe”). The indicative mood of the verb allows you to report any action that occurred in the past, present and future - this is precisely the advantageous difference between this type of mood and others.

A little more theory

Let's move on to the times. As already mentioned just above, the indicative mood can exist in any tense of the Russian language, only the form of the verb will change from this ("read - read - will read", "wrote - will write"). But there is one clarification here, noticeable already in the examples: for verbs of the imperfect form, both past, present, and future tenses are available, while the perfect form forms only past and future forms. Try forming the present tense for the verb “to speak.” And make sure that you can do this only when its appearance changes. Thus, the form of the indicative mood allows you to understand what form a given verb has (easier to say, does it answer the question “what to do?” or “what to do?”).

Other moods

A useful clarification: not only the indicative mood allows us to talk about the tense of the verb. In the case of the subjunctive (by the way, it is also called conditional), everything is simple: exclusively past, formed with the help of the suffix “l” (“I would read”, “I would go”, “I would rest”, “I would knit”). Consequently, words have only number and gender, no person. The particle “would”, which serves as a kind of beacon of this type of mood, can appear both before and after the verb, and, in principle, can be found in any part of the sentence.

The indicative and imperative moods have person and number, but in the case of the latter one cannot talk about gender: for “orders” only the second person (“you/you”) is available in the singular and plural (“refuse/refuse”, “pour/pour” , "leave/leave"). By the way, there is one caveat here: using the particle “let” or “yes” you can translate any verb in the third person (“he, she, it, they”) into the imperative mood (“let him return,” “long live”).

Nuances

Sometimes it happens that the indicative mood of a verb can be used in the imperative sense. Some researchers note that we can talk about the transition of one mood to another in the case when an order is expressed that does not tolerate objections (“you will go”, “you will tell”), or to denote an impulse to joint action("let's start", "let's go"). In the latter case, the particles “come on”/“let’s” and intonation emphasis on the verb are also used, explaining its meaning in context. Compare: “Tomorrow we will go to the mountains” and “Let’s go for a ride!” - the same word, but the shades of meaning are different.

Repetition

Now let's try to consolidate information about all types of inclination.

Subjunctive (also conditional) is a hypothetical action, a possible situation. It is formed by adding the particle “would” (“b”) to the past tense verb, has no person, changes only in numbers and gender: “would have said”, “would have drunk”, “would have thrown”.

Imperative - order or instruction. Verbs used are second person singular and plural, but sometimes a third person is allowed with the particle “let”: “speak”, “refuse”, “let him sing”, “long live”.

The indicative mood is a description of an event that was happening at any moment. Exists in the past, present and future tense, in all persons, numbers and genders (for imperfective verbs, for the perfect - only in the past and future tense). Under certain conditions, it can transform into other types of inclination. For repetition, we will use a table that shows all forms of the verb “read”.

Past

Present

Future

As you can see, everything is very simple. In fact, the mood of verbs is one of the simplest topics in the Russian language, so remembering all its nuances will not be difficult at all.

Each of the morphological moods has general and particular meanings. General value indicative mood (indicative) - presentation of an action as real, which happened, is happening or will happen: Gradually one thoughttook possession Maria Trofimovna - the thought of how big the world is, how diverse it is, how amazing a person is and how wonderful it is that sheexists right now anddoes everything in her power to decorate and enrich the earth, so that human existenceit was becoming easier, smarter, fairer and more beautiful(Paust.).

The general meaning of the indicative mood in the context takes on certain private values:

1) the meaning of the affirmative or negative real modality: Almost all cut and collected flowers in the housedidn't hold . Instead of them everywherewere lying pieces of bark that look like troughs(Paust.);

2) the meaning of subjective-evaluative modality, which is expressed when there are modal words, particles, some conjunctions and adverbs in the sentence: Surrounding forestas if in the fogchenille in the smoke of gunpowder(Lerm.) - a particle with the meaning of unreality, raises doubts about the reality of the action itself; - And what,How I really amI'll take it and get married on her?(N. Ch.) - the meaning of the assumption about the possibility of carrying out a real action; Certainly , you more than onceseen county young lady album(P.) - the meaning of confidence in the reality of the named action.

The peculiarity of the indicative mood is its obligatory connection with tenses, which is completely unusual for the imperative and subjunctive moods. Speaking about the means of expressing the meaning of an indicative, we note that it does not have specific suffixes or other indicators. The forms of the indicative mood coincide with the tense forms and form a paradigm consisting of 26 members: forms 1, 2, 3 persons singular. and many more numbers of present and future tenses, forms of past tense units. numbers (masculine, feminine and neuter) and plural. numbers of SV and NSV.

§ 3. Imperative mood (imperative): its general and particular meanings. The question of the composition of the forms of the imperative and the qualification of its affixes.

General value imperative mood - an incentive to action on the part of the speaker. It is realized in speech in various private values: this is the meaning of a request, advice, warning, prohibition, command, call, in the expression of which intonation plays a decisive role: Lenka danced to the side and shouted in an impudent voice: “Aha!” Got it!Don't catch it, don't catch when you don't know how!(Paust .); Zhamme snorted like a sperm whale and shouted: -Take a bath , boys! Tomorrow we'll crawl into real hell(Paust.).

All these meanings are determined by the speech situation, intention and emotional attitude speaker, the means of expression is intonation. Outside of intonation, the imperative mood does not exist. Let us note some other means involved in expressing the semantics of the imperative. So, for example, the presence of personal pronouns softens the impulse and gives it the character of a request; the appeal emphasizes targeting; presence of particle -ka adds a familiar touch; use of the particle " Look" updates the warning: You say something to me, dear, goodbyewish (Isak.); Tell me , uncle, it’s not for nothing that Moscow, burned by fire, was given to the Frenchman?(Lerm.); Youlook now don't tell “Mom,” Katya said to Sonya, going to bed with her(Ch.).

There are two problems associated with the imperative mood in modern linguistics: 1) the question of the composition of the forms of the imperative and 2) the qualification of its affixes.

With a broad approach, which is adopted in a number of university textbooks, the forms of the imperative mood include: 1) forms of the 2nd person singular. and many more numbers: read, read ; 2) forms of 1st person plural. numbers (forms of joint action): let's go, let's go; let's go, let's go sing ; 3) 3rd person forms (always analytical): let him read, let him read.

Some linguists believe that the form of the imperative mood is only the 2nd person form, because the speaker’s will is always addressed to the interlocutor. Shape type come on, let's talk, let him read are called syntactic analogues of forms of the imperative mood, only functionally adjacent to them.

In Gr.-80, the imperative mood includes forms of the 2nd person and forms of joint action, in which the meaning of the imperative is expressed through a postfix -those:let's go, let's fly or particles Let's in combination with the infinitive: let's sing . In the absence of a postfix or formative particle, the meaning of the incentive is expressed only intonationally, and the forms themselves are homonymous to the 1st person forms of the present-future indicative mood: let's run and read . Shape type let him read are considered as combinations of words.

The basic form of the imperative mood is the 2nd person form. It is formed from the basis of the present - future tense using the affix -And, materially expressed or zero: bring it, sit down , which in some cases qualifies as a suffix, in others - as an ending. For the education of many numbers serve as an affix -those, which is also considered ambiguously: as an ending, postfix or suffix.

A number of verbs have features in the formation of 2nd person imperative forms:

Verbs with suffix -va- at the base of the infinitive and without it at the base of the present tense, this suffix is ​​retained in the imperative mood: issue - issue - issue ;

Verbs with roots in -And- and all their prefix derivatives ( beat - knock out, beat down etc.) form the imperative mood with a base on -to her:hit - knock out, beat , which does not coincide with either the base of the infinitive or the base of the present tense: cf.: beat - bj-ut - beat ;

Verbs form the imperative mood in a special way: eat (eat), go (go), lie down (lie down).

The variability of forms of the imperative mood from some verbs is noted: pour out - rash And get out, climb - climb And climb, clean - clean And clean it etc.

Each member of a species pair has its own form of the imperative mood: carry out - carry out, carry out - carry out, decide - decide, decide - decide etc.

Some verbs do not form imperative forms, such as hear, see, want, can, rot, hurt ( feel pain ), resist; impersonal lexemes unwell, getting dark, feeling sick etc. The reasons for their insufficiency are most often semantic: these verbs denote actions that are carried out without the will of the subject.

Forms of joint action are plural forms. numbers; the impulse they designate always refers to two or more persons, including the speaker himself. The meaning of the imperative mood is expressed by them using:

1) postfix -those, attached to the forms of the 1st person plural. numbers of the indicative mood of verbs SV and unidirectional verbs of motion NSV: let's go, decide, let's go ;

2) using a particle Let's ) + form of 1st person plural. indicative numbers (SV) or + infinitive (NSV): let's decide, let's decide .

The impulse related to the 3rd person is expressed only in an analytical way: with the help of a particle let (let) which joins the forms of the 3rd person unit. and many more numbers of present and future tenses. In this case, the interlocutor is not the executor of the speaker’s will, but only the person conveying it: They have enough of their own princes,let to be king of anyonewill be elected (P.). Forms of the 3rd person imperative usually include formations with a particle Yes:Yes it will be “You know,” said the doctor triumphantly, “that even in the twentieth century miracles can happen.”(Paust.).

Thus, the means of expressing the meaning of the imperative mood are varied: this is the suffix -And(or zero suffix), inflection -those, postfix -those(in irregular forms of joint action), particles come on, let them .

The imperative paradigm consists of 12 forms:

2nd person

Forms of joint action

3rd person

Let him read

Let them read

read it

Let's read

Let him read it

read

Let's read

In the Russian language there are subjunctive, imperative and indicative moods. The beauty for us, as native speakers of the Russian language, is that by the name we intuitively understand the essence of these grammatical categories, even if we cannot explain it from a linguistic perspective. used when there is a certain condition for performing an action. we use when we command or order someone to do something, and the indicative mood when we tell something, express thoughts. But this is a philistine approach. Let's look at the category of mood from the perspective of linguistics.

So, any, and not just the indicative, mood expresses the relationship of action to reality from the position of the one who speaks. Therefore, we can consider mood an intentional category, that is, depending on the speaker’s goal. To determine mood, the position of the subject is always determined first, since it determines whether the action is desired, possible, or intended.

The reality and possibility of action in 3 tenses - present, past and future - expresses the indicative mood. Example:

I never thought that Beijing is such a beautiful city.

Looking through old photographs, he involuntarily remembered the past.

It seems that nothing can be returned.

Wearily leaning on a stick, the old man hobbled along the snow-covered alley.

Next week I will go and talk to him, and by then you have all the documents ready.

Signs of the indicative mood are endings that indicate the person and the indicative mood can be perfective or imperfective and have the form of gender and number.

Indicative mood in English close to that in Russian. It performs the same functions and also shows that an action can be carried out at different times.

The imperative mood shows the expression of will to a second person, the addressee of the message. The inclination can act as an order, a request. All forms of the imperative mood are used in the 2nd person exclusively in the active voice.

There are verbs from which it is not formed. These are “to be able”, “to see”, “to want”. The fact is that these verbs denote an action that cannot be controlled by a person. Some linguists consider the indicative mood as a type of imperative, or rather, its forms and combinations with the particle “let”. For example:

Leave the children alone, let them play.

Let it be as it will be, there is no need to change anything.

And also poetic forms with the particle “yes”:

Long live the peaceful sky, happiness and sun!

The examples described are called synthetic forms of the imperative.

The subjunctive mood expresses theoretically possible action. This is action
can be realized if certain conditions are met. The mood is formed by adding the particle “would” to the verb, that is, analytically:

If only mushrooms could grow in your mouth!

In the Russian language, there are three types of verb mood: indicative, imperative and conditional. The latter is also called the subjunctive. This is a very important classification because each form listed helps determine how what is mentioned in the sentence relates to reality. The chosen mood of the verb may imply a request or order that the action has happened, is happening or will happen in reality, and also that it is only desired or will take place if some necessary conditions are met.

The first type is indicative mood, which is also called “indicative”. This form means that the action has happened, is happening, or will actually happen. Verbs in the indicative mood change tenses. Moreover, for imperfective verbs, all three tenses take place: past, present and complex future (for example: thought - I think - I will think, I did - I do - I will do, I looked for - I look for - I will look for), and for the perfective form there are only two: past and simple future (for example: came up with - I'll come up with done - I'll do it, found it - I'll find it). In the future and present tenses, the vowel at the end of the infinitive stem disappears in some cases (for example: hear - hear, see - see).

Second type - conditional or subjunctive mood, which is also called “subjunctive”. This form means that the action did not actually happen, but is only desired, planned in the future, unrealizable, or will be realized upon fulfillment of some necessary conditions. (For example: I would fly into space to study distant stars. In a year I would like to go to the sea. I would read other people's thoughts. I would go for a walk if the rain stops.) Verbs in the present and future tense are not used to form the conditional mood. It is composed exclusively with the help of a past tense verb (that is, the base of the infinitive, adding the suffix “-l-”), as well as the particle “would” or “b”. These particles can be found both before and after the verb, and can also be separated from it by other words. (For example: I would go to the museum. I would love to go to the museum). Verbs in conditional mood change in numbers, and in singular also by gender, but they never change by person and, as already mentioned, by time. (For example: I would look, I would look, I would look).

Third type - imperative, which is also called “imperative”. This form means a request, advice, order, or encouragement to action. Verbs in the imperative mood are most often used in the 2nd person. In this case, they have a zero ending in the singular and a “-te” ending in the plural. They also do not change over time. The imperative mood is formed using a verb stem in the present or simple future tense, to which is added the suffix “-and-” or in some cases a zero suffix. (For example: Remember, you must do this! Stop doing nonsense! Watch this movie!)

It is also possible to use the 1st person plural form. It is used to encourage joint action in which the speaker will also participate. Then the imperative mood is formed using the infinitive of an imperfective verb or a perfective verb in the future tense, preceded by the following words: come on, let's. (For example: Let's go to the cinema. Let's cook breakfast. Let's try this dish.)

The 3rd person singular and plural forms are used to form the imperative mood when it is necessary to express an impulse to action of people not participating in the dialogue. In this case, it is formed using a verb in the form of the present or simple future tense and the following particles: yes, let, let. (For example: Let him buy bread. Let them come to me. Long live the king!)

From time to time, to soften the order, the particle “-ka” is added to imperative verbs (for example: Go to the store. Show me the diary. Bring me a book.)

In some cases, there are exceptions when mood forms are used in a figurative sense, namely in a meaning that is usually characteristic of another mood.

Thus, a verb in the form of the imperative mood can take on the meaning of the conditional mood (for example: Without his will, nothing would have happened. If he had not noticed the loss in time, disaster would have happened.) or indicative mood (for example: And she suddenly said that she had already seen this man. And he can do it his way!)

A verb in the indicative mood can take on an imperative meaning. (For example: Get up quickly, you'll be late! Let's go dig potatoes.)

A verb in the conditional mood can also take on an imperative meaning. (For example: I would tell it like it is. Would you help your friend in need?.)

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