Learn Italian: Fermati immediatamente!

Fermati immediatamente!

Stop immediately!

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Questions & Answers about Fermati immediatamente!

Why is there a ti at the end of fermati instead of just saying ferma?

This is from the reflexive verb fermarsi, which means to stop oneself or come to a halt. If you just said ferma, it would mean to stop something else, like a car or a person. The ti means you are telling the other person to stop themselves.

Why is the pronoun ti attached to the end of the word rather than coming before it?

In Italian, when you give a positive command to someone using the informal tu form, object and reflexive pronouns must attach directly to the end of the verb. So the command form ferma plus the pronoun ti becomes one single word: fermati.

How do you form long adverbs like immediatamente?

In Italian, you can create adverbs (words that describe how an action is done) by taking the feminine form of an adjective and adding the suffix -mente. Here, the feminine adjective immediata gets -mente added to it. It works exactly like adding -ly to the end of English words!