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B2–C1 · GFL · GFL005

Affirmative or negative imperative, will you?

Explanation

A reusable frame from “Questions, tags and ellipsis”. Compare how English and German express questions, tags and ellipsis. Practise reusable constructions with Russian translations.

Structure

EN · EnglishAffirmative or negative imperative, will you?
DE · GermanImperative, ja?

Anchor phrase

RU · Translation

Пусть это останется между нами, хорошо?

EN · English

Keep this between us, will you?

DE · German

Behalte das für dich, ja?

Try variations2 · more examples

  1. RU · Translation

    Не забудь чек, хорошо?

    EN · English

    Don't forget the receipt, will you?

    DE · German

    Vergiss den Beleg nicht, ja?

  2. RU · Translation

    Отправь мне окончательную версию, хорошо?

    EN · English

    Send me the final version, will you?

    DE · German

    Schick mir die endgültige Version, ja?

Pattern graph

Continue with nearby patterns

GFL006Subject + negative-meaning adverb + predicate, affirmative auxiliary + pronoun?GFLGFL002Indefinite person pronoun + singular affirmative clause, negative auxiliary + they?GFLGFL007There + affirmative existential clause, matching negative auxiliary + there?GFLGFL014Negative clause, and neither + matching affirmative auxiliary + second subjectGFL