Повесь пальто в шкаф, чтобы в комнате был порядок.

Hang the coat in the wardrobe so that the room is tidy.

Breakdown of Повесь пальто в шкаф, чтобы в комнате был порядок.

• в: in
• быть: to be
• комната: the room
• чтобы: so that

Questions & Answers about Повесь пальто в шкаф, чтобы в комнате был порядок.

Why does the sentence start with Повесь—what form is this?

Повесь is the imperative (command) form of the verb повесить (perfective aspect), meaning hang (it up) (and finish the action).
It’s addressed to ты (singular informal), but ты is usually omitted because the imperative already implies it.

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Why is it повесить/повесь (perfective) and not вешать/вешай (imperfective)?

Russian often uses the perfective imperative when you want someone to do a single, completed action: Hang it up (once), put it away.
Вешай пальто... (imperfective) sounds more like be in the process of hanging / do it habitually / start doing it, depending on context. For a one-time instruction, повесь is the natural choice.

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What does the soft sign ь in повесь do? Is it pronounced?

The ь is not a separate sound; it marks that the preceding consonant is soft (palatalized): -сь is pronounced like a softened s sound.
It’s also part of the standard imperative ending for some verbs.

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Why is пальто not changing its ending? What case is it here?