Learning the Russian ‘Imperative’ mood with poet Mayakovsky

Приветствую!
I’ve gathered some excerpts from Mayakovsky poems, which illustrate the imperative mood in Russian.

In order to form the imperative mood, follow these steps:

1. Take the 3d person plural form in the present tense for imperfective verbs, and in the future tense for perfective ones.
Cлушать - imperfective verb -> слушают
Остановить - perfective verb -> остановят

2. Then drop the ending. If the verb stem ends in a vowel, add ‘-й’ , if it ends in a consonant, add ‘-и’.
Слушают - stem ends in a vowel ‘а’ -> слушай
Остановят - stem ends in a consonant ‘в’ -> останови

3. In order to form a plural or polite imperative, add ‘-те’.
Слушай -> слушайте
Останови -> остановите

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