The Imperative Mood
When you want to give a direct command or an instruction—like telling someone to wait, or listing steps in a recipe—you use the imperative mood.
In Danish, forming the imperative is very simple: take the infinitive form of the verb and drop the final -e. What remains is the "bare stem" of the verb.
For example, to find the command form of "to cut" (at skære) and "to boil" (at koge), just remove the -e:
| to cut | skære |
| to boil | koge |
Here is how these short commands look in a sentence:
| Cut the onion and the potato! | Skær løget og kartoflen! |
| Boil the potato in the big pot. | Kog kartoflen i den store gryde. |
Following Recipes
Because recipes are essentially lists of instructions, the imperative is the most natural way to explain how to cook a dish.
| Fry the meat in the pan now. | Steg kødet på panden nu. |
| Add the salt to the meat. | Tilsæt saltet til kødet. |
Negative Commands
To tell someone not to do something, simply place the negative word ikke directly after the imperative verb.
| Do not boil the onion in the pot! | Kog ikke løget i gryden! |
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