Bitte bleib ruhig, wir finden eine Lösung.

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Breakdown of Bitte bleib ruhig, wir finden eine Lösung.

• finden: to find
• bleiben: to stay
• bitte: please

Questions & Answers about Bitte bleib ruhig, wir finden eine Lösung.

Why is it bleib and not bleiben?

Because this is a command addressed to one person in an informal way.

The full verb is bleiben = to stay / to remain.
For the informal du command, German usually uses the verb stem without -en:

• du bleibst = you stay
• Bleib! = Stay!

So Bitte bleib ruhig means Please stay calm.

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Where is the word du? Is something missing?

Nothing is missing. In German, the informal imperative often leaves out du.

So instead of:

• Du bleib ruhig

German normally says:

• Bleib ruhig

If you want, you can add du for emphasis or emotion:

• Bleib du ruhig.

But in a normal sentence, leaving it out is standard.

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What exactly does ruhig mean here?

Here ruhig means calm.

The adjective ruhig can mean different things depending on context, such as:

• calm
• quiet
• still

In Bitte bleib ruhig, it means stay calm, not just stay quiet.

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Why is at the beginning? Could it go somewhere else?