We hear orders every day:

  * "Pick that up!"
  * "Come here!"
  * "Buy now!"

Sometimes there's a "please" attached, but it's still an order.

Orders are in the **imperative** case. My mnemonic for this originally was:
"it's _imperative_ that you remember." It's something that must be done.

In English, we form an imperative by dropping the pronoun from the 2nd person
form of the verb. (Not that English has many forms for verbs to begin with…)
It changes from a statement ("You call this number now.") to an order ("Call
this number now.").

In Latvian, it's pretty similar. **No pronoun is used** , unless it's _really_
important for emphasis or direction. If you're **addressing one person** ,
**use the 2nd person singular** form, if **addressing many people** , **use
the 2nd person plural** form. With the **plural** , you should **change the -
_at_ ending to - _iet_** , however. Don't be surprised if you hear a native
speaker use -at instead, it happens. Of course, this also means that if you
forget, you'll still be understood!

Of course, the formality rules also apply, so use the 2nd person plural
imperative when necessary even when speaking to only one person. (More on
formality later.)

Here are some examples:

  * Tu nāc (you come) -> Nāc! (come!)
  * Jūs nākat (you all come) -> Nākiet! (come!)

Reflexives, as always, have their own little rules. (By the way, reflexive
verbs usually mean that the action is _reflected_ back onto the subject.) So,
for those, we change the -at to -iet for plurals and leave the singular forms
alone, just like with the regular verbs, but we must **add the reflexive -ies
to the end too** to signify the reflexive meaning.

Using skatīties (to look), we can look at the following:

  * Tu skaties (you look) -> Skaties! (Look!)
  * Jūs skatāties (you all look) -> Skatieties! (Look!)