Imperative in Hebrew: Often the 'real' imperative of our language sounds archaic to us, so we use the future instead. Here's a short manual to the Hebrew imperative.
Paal verbs - usually in 'real' imperative ("Dog verbs"):
קוּם כבר!
בּוֹא הנה!
לֵךְ מפה!
שְבוּ בבקשה.
תֵּן לי יד.
For the rest of the binyanim (verb formats), we usually use the future instead:
תְּלַמֵּד אותי להגיד משהו באנגלית
תִּתְקַדְּמוּ בבקשה!
תַּרְגִיש טוב!
תִּיכַּנְסִי בבקשה!
Negating the imperative: Just put 'al' before the future.
אָל תְּסַפֵּר לִי.
אָל תָּבוֹאִי.
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Kama tov she-bata ha-bayta - Arik Einstein
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Sa le'at - Arik Einstein
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Ein medina la-ahava - Tsvika Pick
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