The imperative is used to tell someone to do something, or indicate something that you would like to happen.
-git is used when you are speaking to one other person:
| niri- | to eat |
| nirigit | Eat! |
-git can be added directly to roots ending in vowels. When it is added to roots ending in -k or -t, it deletes the final consonant:
| tupak- | to wake up |
| tupagit | Wake up! |
| ingit- | to sit down |
| ingigit | Please, sit down. |
With roots that end in -q, use -rit instead:
| uqalimaaq- | to read |
| uqalimaarit | Read! |
When telling someone to do something, there is often an object or another person involved. In which, case we use different endings:
| qai- | to come |
| qaigit | Come here! |
| qaiguk | Bring it here! |
like -git, the first letter of -guk changes to r- when added to a stem ending in -q:
| qiniq- | to look for something |
| qiniruk | Go look for it! |
Finally, if you are talking about more than one object, the affix you use changes:
| qaiguk | Bring it here. |
| qaikkik | Bring the two of them here. |
| qaikkit | Bring them here. |