Language Blocks

Request / Command / Prohibition

Imperative Request Command Prohibition

What do we want the other person to do?

core basic Speaker stance

Bedeutung

A speech act that asks, tells, invites, warns, orders, suggests, or forbids someone to do something.

So erkennst Du es

Ask whether the speaker is trying to make the listener act or stop acting.

Beispiele

Wörter

please|don't|let's|could you|must not

Ausdrücke

please sit down|don't touch it|could you help

Satz

Please close the window.

Visual guide

Basic shape
Speaker wants listener action

SPEAKER ──asks/tells──> YOU
                       ↓
                 do it / stop it

Please close the window.
Compare shape
Same intention, different shapes:
Command: Close the window.
Request: Please close...
Question: Could you help?
Invitation: Let's go.
Prohibition: Don't touch it.

Sprachansicht

In deiner Sprache

German (standard)
Ausprägung
strong
Bedeutung

Commands use imperative forms, requests often soften them with bitte or modal frames.

Komm bitte hierher!

Come please here!

In deiner Lernsprache

Arabic (Modern Standard)
Ausprägung
strong
Schwierigkeit

Commands use imperative forms, while prohibitions often use لا plus jussive; politeness adds request phrases.

افتح الباب من فضلك.

Open the door, please.


Typische Lernhürde

Learners may find imperative formation and negative commands difficult.

Same block, different coding

Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.

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