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[ignite.livejournal.com]

I did a poor job of teaching my dog "sit" and "down". Now when he sits, if he doesn't get a treat he lays down and vice versa. What I would like to do is start over, but using words from Russian instead. I can look up the verbs no problem. However, in the two years since I took Russian 1, I have forgotten the command tense. I think its also called imperative tense. I didn't see it in the memories.
So, what I was wondering is, how about a 3 minute course on imperative tense?

Thanks,
Kyle

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[oscar-6.livejournal.com]

Okay, here is a list of common commands for dogs (translations may seem weird, sorry 'bout that, I'm not familiar with English commands for dogs):

"Сидеть!" -- "Sit down"
"Лежать!" -- "Lay down"
"Стоять!" -- "Stay here" or "Stand up"
"Голос!" -- "Gimme your voice"
"Апорт!" or "Принеси!" -- "Fetch" (used when throwing something)
"Дай лапу!" -- "Gimme your forefoot" (to "shake hands" with dog)

Anything else?

[ignite.livejournal.com]

I only posted 5 minutes ago! Thanks for the great info and the quick response! Those are perfect.

Peace,
Kyle

[bulka.livejournal.com]

"Фу!" ;)
(I don't know this command in English... "don't do it"?)

[oblomov-jerusal.livejournal.com]

"Рядом!" - instructs the dog to walk near the master. "Ко мне!" - the dog must come to the master.

[oscar-6.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. :-) Note other comments -- there are commands, which I forgot about.

[alex-inside.livejournal.com]

"Умри!" - "Die!" (means dog lays on its back and acts like dead)
"Фас!" - "Take it!" or something like that. (tells to dog to attack someone or something. bite it.)

[thedevilishone.livejournal.com]

"Фу!" means "Ew!"

[giantantattack.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't it be better to have the verbs "Сидеть", "Лежать", and "Стоять" be in the imperative form (I don't know what those would be, or I'd type them out)? After all, the person would be commanding the dog to do those actions.

[xantha.livejournal.com]

We use these with our dog :) On some things, he knows the russian command better than the english. Heh.

[constpd.livejournal.com]

The commands to the dogs are usually given in infinitive, not imperative form.
However, the imperative forms for those verbs are:
Inf - imp sg - imp pl
Сидеть - сиди - сядьте (сидите - keep sitting)
Лежать - лежи - лягте (лежите - keep lying)
Стоять - стой - стойте