128 ITALIAN GRAMMAR
Note that there is no 3d person of the imperative in Italian.
When the 3d person is needed, it is borrowed from the present
subjunctive.
Note also thai the larger part of the verbs of the 3d
conjugation add -isc to their stem in the 2d person singular
(see § 30).
92. Imperative of essere and avere
SING, sii be abbi have
PLTTK. siamo let us be abbiamo let us have
siate be abbiate have
93. Imperative of the Four Irregular Verbs
of tlie 1st Conjugation
SING, va* go, etc. da' give, etc. fa* do, etc. sta' be, etc
PLTJB. andiamo diamo facciamo stiamo
andate date fate state
94. Negative Imperative
non comprare do not buy
non compriamo let us not buy
non comprate do not buy
A peculiarity of the imperative is that the negative form
of the 2d person singular is made by non and the infinitive.
95. Hours of the Bay
£ Puna. It's one o'clock (A.M,).
Sono le tredxci. It's one o'clock (P.M.).
la Italy it is customary to count the hours from midnight
to midnight, and therefore the hours after noon are counted
from 12 to 24. The numeral indicating the time is pre-
ceded by the definite article, and both article and verb
agree wiit ora, kmart or ore, understood.