diff --git a/src/lib/src/parsing/compare.ts b/src/lib/src/parsing/compare.ts
index e69de29..6ce66e8 100644
--- a/src/lib/src/parsing/compare.ts
+++ b/src/lib/src/parsing/compare.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,243 @@
+const expected = [
+  {
+    info: {
+      aspect: "imperfective",
+      base: "stem",
+      imperative: true,
+      type: "verb",
+      verb: {
+        entry: {
+          c: "v. trans.",
+          e: "to accept, to believe",
+          ec: "accepting",
+          f: "manul",
+          g: "manul",
+          p: "منل",
+          r: 4,
+          tppf: "maanu",
+          tppp: "مانه",
+          ts: 1527815085,
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    person: 2,
+    type: "VB",
+  },
+  {
+    info: {
+      aspect: "imperfective",
+      base: "stem",
+      imperative: true,
+      type: "verb",
+      verb: {
+        entry: {
+          c: "v. trans.",
+          e: "to accept, to believe",
+          ec: "accepting",
+          f: "manul",
+          g: "manul",
+          p: "منل",
+          r: 4,
+          tppf: "maanu",
+          tppp: "مانه",
+          ts: 1527815085,
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    person: 3,
+    type: "VB",
+  },
+  {
+    info: {
+      aspect: "perfective",
+      base: "stem",
+      imperative: true,
+      type: "verb",
+      verb: {
+        entry: {
+          c: "v. trans.",
+          e: "to accept, to believe",
+          ec: "accepting",
+          f: "manul",
+          g: "manul",
+          p: "منل",
+          r: 4,
+          tppf: "maanu",
+          tppp: "مانه",
+          ts: 1527815085,
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    person: 2,
+    type: "VB",
+  },
+  {
+    info: {
+      aspect: "perfective",
+      base: "stem",
+      imperative: true,
+      type: "verb",
+      verb: {
+        entry: {
+          c: "v. trans.",
+          e: "to accept, to believe",
+          ec: "accepting",
+          f: "manul",
+          g: "manul",
+          p: "منل",
+          r: 4,
+          tppf: "maanu",
+          tppp: "مانه",
+          ts: 1527815085,
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    person: 3,
+    type: "VB",
+  },
+];
+
+const received = [
+  {
+    info: {
+      aspect: "imperfective",
+      base: "stem",
+      imperative: true,
+      type: "verb",
+      verb: {
+        entry: {
+          c: "v. trans.",
+          e: "to accept, to believe",
+          ec: "accepting",
+          f: "manul",
+          g: "manul",
+          p: "منل",
+          r: 4,
+          tppf: "maanu",
+          tppp: "مانه",
+          ts: 1527815085,
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    person: 2,
+    type: "VB",
+  },
+  {
+    info: {
+      aspect: "imperfective",
+      base: "stem",
+      imperative: true,
+      type: "verb",
+      verb: {
+        entry: {
+          c: "v. trans.",
+          e: "to accept, to believe",
+          ec: "accepting",
+          f: "manul",
+          g: "manul",
+          p: "منل",
+          r: 4,
+          tppf: "maanu",
+          tppp: "مانه",
+          ts: 1527815085,
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    person: 3,
+    type: "VB",
+  },
+  {
+    info: {
+      aspect: "perfective",
+      base: "stem",
+      imperative: true,
+      type: "verb",
+      verb: {
+        entry: {
+          c: "v. trans.",
+          e: "to accept, to believe",
+          ec: "accepting",
+          f: "manul",
+          g: "manul",
+          p: "منل",
+          r: 4,
+          tppf: "maanu",
+          tppp: "مانه",
+          ts: 1527815085,
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    person: 2,
+    type: "VB",
+  },
+  {
+    info: {
+      aspect: "perfective",
+      base: "stem",
+      imperative: true,
+      type: "verb",
+      verb: {
+        entry: {
+          c: "v. trans.",
+          e: "to accept, to believe",
+          ec: "accepting",
+          f: "manul",
+          g: "manul",
+          p: "منل",
+          r: 4,
+          tppf: "maanu",
+          tppp: "مانه",
+          ts: 1527815085,
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    person: 3,
+    type: "VB",
+  },
+  {
+    info: {
+      aspect: "imperfective",
+      base: "root",
+      type: "verb",
+      verb: {
+        entry: {
+          c: "v. trans.",
+          e: "to accept, to believe",
+          ec: "accepting",
+          f: "manul",
+          g: "manul",
+          p: "منل",
+          r: 4,
+          tppf: "maanu",
+          tppp: "مانه",
+          ts: 1527815085,
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    person: 5,
+    type: "VB",
+  },
+  {
+    info: {
+      aspect: "perfective",
+      base: "root",
+      type: "verb",
+      verb: {
+        entry: {
+          c: "v. trans.",
+          e: "to accept, to believe",
+          ec: "accepting",
+          f: "manul",
+          g: "manul",
+          p: "منل",
+          r: 4,
+          tppf: "maanu",
+          tppp: "مانه",
+          ts: 1527815085,
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    person: 5,
+    type: "VB",
+  },
+];
diff --git a/src/lib/src/parsing/parse-verb.test.ts b/src/lib/src/parsing/parse-verb.test.ts
index f3d6014..eb13146 100644
--- a/src/lib/src/parsing/parse-verb.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/src/parsing/parse-verb.test.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ const alwatul = wordQuery("الوتل", "verb");
 
 // TODO: azmoyul etc
 // TODO: cleaner and more thorough handling of ا seperating verbs ee - wee etc
+// TODO: test imperatives
 
 const tests: {
   label: string;
@@ -47,6 +48,10 @@ const tests: {
         persons: T.Person[];
         aspects: T.Aspect[];
       };
+      imperative?: {
+        persons: T.Person[];
+        aspects: T.Aspect[];
+      };
       verb: T.VerbEntry;
     }[];
   }[];
@@ -191,11 +196,30 @@ const tests: {
               persons: [T.Person.SecondPlurMale, T.Person.SecondPlurFemale],
               aspects: ["imperfective", "perfective"],
             },
+            imperative: {
+              persons: getPeople(2, "pl"),
+              aspects: ["imperfective", "perfective"],
+            },
+            verb: manul,
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+      {
+        input: "منه",
+        output: [
+          {
+            imperative: {
+              persons: getPeople(2, "sing"),
+              aspects: ["imperfective", "perfective"],
+            },
+            root: {
+              persons: [T.Person.ThirdSingFemale],
+              aspects: ["imperfective", "perfective"],
+            },
             verb: manul,
           },
         ],
       },
-
       {
         input: "منلم",
         output: [
@@ -258,6 +282,10 @@ const tests: {
               persons: [T.Person.SecondPlurMale, T.Person.SecondPlurFemale],
               aspects: ["imperfective", "perfective"],
             },
+            imperative: {
+              persons: getPeople(2, "pl"),
+              aspects: ["imperfective", "perfective"],
+            },
             verb: rasedul,
           },
         ],
@@ -309,7 +337,6 @@ const tests: {
           },
         ],
       },
-
       {
         input: "خورې",
         output: [
@@ -322,7 +349,6 @@ const tests: {
           },
         ],
       },
-
       {
         input: "خوړي",
         output: [],
@@ -351,7 +377,6 @@ const tests: {
           },
         ],
       },
-
       {
         input: "کوت",
         output: [
@@ -376,7 +401,6 @@ const tests: {
           },
         ],
       },
-
       {
         input: "خلم",
         output: [
@@ -401,7 +425,6 @@ const tests: {
           },
         ],
       },
-
       {
         input: "خیستلم",
         output: [
@@ -426,7 +449,6 @@ const tests: {
           },
         ],
       },
-
       {
         input: "لوځې",
         output: [
@@ -913,7 +935,6 @@ const tests: {
           },
         ],
       },
-
       // TODO: It would probably be more effecient just to return the kedul verb options
       // and then when we put things together with the perfective head parsed they could
       // become raatlul etc...
@@ -994,7 +1015,7 @@ tests.forEach(({ label, cases }) => {
       const madeVbsS = output.reduce<T.ParsedVBE[]>((acc, o) => {
         return [
           ...acc,
-          ...(["root", "stem"] as const).flatMap((base) =>
+          ...(["root", "stem", "imperative"] as const).flatMap((base) =>
             (o[base]?.aspects || []).flatMap((aspect) =>
               (o[base]?.persons || []).flatMap<T.ParsedVBE>((person) => [
                 {
@@ -1003,8 +1024,13 @@ tests.forEach(({ label, cases }) => {
                   info: {
                     type: "verb" as const,
                     aspect,
-                    base,
+                    base: base === "imperative" ? "stem" : base,
                     verb: o.verb,
+                    ...(base === "imperative"
+                      ? {
+                          imperative: true,
+                        }
+                      : {}),
                   },
                 },
               ])
diff --git a/src/lib/src/parsing/parse-verb.ts b/src/lib/src/parsing/parse-verb.ts
index a00c5a3..2ab9ae8 100644
--- a/src/lib/src/parsing/parse-verb.ts
+++ b/src/lib/src/parsing/parse-verb.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ export function parseVerb(
       errors: [],
     }));
   }
-  const people = getVerbEnding(first.s);
+  const ending = first.s.at(-1) || "";
+  const people = getVerbEnding(ending);
+  const imperativePeople = getImperativeVerbEnding(ending);
   // First do rough verb lookup, grab wide pool of possible verbs (low searching complexity for fast lookup)
   // TODO: can optimize this to not have to look for possible stems/roots if none
   const verbs = lookup(first.s, "verb");
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ export function parseVerb(
   //   console.log({ verbs: JSON.stringify(verbs) });
   // }
   // Then find out which ones match exactly and how
-  return matchVerbs(first.s, verbs, people).map((body) => ({
+  return matchVerbs(first.s, verbs, people, imperativePeople).map((body) => ({
     tokens: rest,
     body,
     errors: [],
@@ -57,7 +59,8 @@ function matchVerbs(
   people: {
     root: T.Person[];
     stem: T.Person[];
-  }
+  },
+  imperativePeople: T.Person[]
 ): T.ParsedVBE[] {
   const w: T.ParsedVBE[] = [];
   const lEnding = s.endsWith("ل");
@@ -65,7 +68,7 @@ function matchVerbs(
   const matchShortOrLong = (b: string, x: string) => {
     return b === x || (!lEnding && b === x.slice(0, -1));
   };
-  if (people.stem.length) {
+  if (people.stem.length || imperativePeople.length) {
     const stemMatches = {
       imperfective: entries.filter(({ entry: e }) => {
         if (e.c.includes("comp")) {
@@ -152,6 +155,19 @@ function matchVerbs(
             },
           });
         });
+        imperativePeople.forEach((person) => {
+          w.push({
+            type: "VB",
+            person,
+            info: {
+              type: "verb",
+              aspect: aspect as T.Aspect,
+              base: "stem",
+              verb: removeFVarientsFromVerb(verb),
+              imperative: true,
+            },
+          });
+        });
       });
     });
   }
@@ -291,16 +307,26 @@ function matchVerbs(
   return w;
 }
 
-function getVerbEnding(p: string): {
-  root: T.Person[];
+function getImperativeVerbEnding(e: string): T.Person[] {
+  if (e === "ه") {
+    return [T.Person.SecondSingMale, T.Person.SecondSingFemale];
+  }
+  if (e === "ئ") {
+    return [T.Person.SecondPlurMale, T.Person.SecondPlurFemale];
+  }
+  return [];
+}
+
+function getVerbEnding(e: string): {
   stem: T.Person[];
+  root: T.Person[];
 } {
-  if (p.endsWith("م")) {
+  if (e === "م") {
     return {
       root: [T.Person.FirstSingMale, T.Person.FirstSingFemale],
       stem: [T.Person.FirstSingMale, T.Person.FirstSingFemale],
     };
-  } else if (p.endsWith("ې")) {
+  } else if (e === "ې") {
     return {
       root: [
         T.Person.SecondSingMale,
@@ -309,7 +335,7 @@ function getVerbEnding(p: string): {
       ],
       stem: [T.Person.SecondSingMale, T.Person.SecondSingFemale],
     };
-  } else if (p.endsWith("ي")) {
+  } else if (e === "ي") {
     return {
       stem: [
         T.Person.ThirdSingMale,
@@ -319,22 +345,22 @@ function getVerbEnding(p: string): {
       ],
       root: [],
     };
-  } else if (p.endsWith("و")) {
+  } else if (e === "و") {
     return {
       root: [T.Person.FirstPlurMale, T.Person.FirstPlurFemale],
       stem: [T.Person.FirstPlurMale, T.Person.FirstPlurFemale],
     };
-  } else if (p.endsWith("ئ")) {
+  } else if (e === "ئ") {
     return {
       root: [T.Person.SecondPlurMale, T.Person.SecondPlurFemale],
       stem: [T.Person.SecondPlurMale, T.Person.SecondPlurFemale],
     };
-  } else if (p.endsWith("ه")) {
+  } else if (e === "ه") {
     return {
       root: [T.Person.ThirdSingFemale],
       stem: [],
     };
-  } else if (p.endsWith("ل")) {
+  } else if (e === "ل") {
     return {
       root: [T.Person.ThirdPlurMale],
       stem: [],
diff --git a/src/lib/src/parsing/parse-vp.ts b/src/lib/src/parsing/parse-vp.ts
index 81df060..416f710 100644
--- a/src/lib/src/parsing/parse-vp.ts
+++ b/src/lib/src/parsing/parse-vp.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   startsVerbSection,
 } from "./utils";
 import {
+  getSubjectSelection,
   makeObjectSelectionComplete,
   makeSubjectSelectionComplete,
 } from "../phrase-building/blocks-utils";
@@ -22,8 +23,10 @@ import { parseBlocks } from "./parse-blocks";
 import { makePronounSelection } from "../phrase-building/make-selections";
 import { isFirstOrSecondPersPronoun } from "../phrase-building/render-vp";
 import { LookupFunction } from "./lookup";
-import { personToGenNum } from "../misc-helpers";
+import { isSecondPerson, personToGenNum } from "../misc-helpers";
 import { equals, zip } from "rambda";
+import { isPrimitive } from "util";
+import { isImperativeTense } from "../type-predicates";
 // to hide equatives type-doubling issue
 
 // TODO: word query for kawul/kedul/stat/dyn
@@ -74,16 +77,16 @@ function getTenses(
   blocks: T.ParsedBlock[],
   ba: boolean
 ): {
-  tense: T.VerbTense | T.PerfectTense;
+  tense: T.VerbTense | T.PerfectTense | T.ImperativeTense;
   person: T.Person;
   transitivities: T.Transitivity[];
   negative: boolean;
   verb: T.VerbEntry;
 }[] {
-  const negIndex = blocks.findIndex(
-    (x) => x.type === "negative" && !x.imperative
-  );
-  const negative = negIndex !== -1;
+  const negIndex = blocks.findIndex((x) => x.type === "negative");
+  const negative: T.NegativeBlock | undefined = blocks[negIndex] as
+    | T.NegativeBlock
+    | undefined;
   const phIndex = blocks.findIndex((x) => x.type === "PH");
   const vbeIndex = blocks.findIndex((x) => x.type === "VB");
   const ph = phIndex !== -1 ? (blocks[phIndex] as T.ParsedPH) : undefined;
@@ -101,13 +104,28 @@ function getTenses(
         return [];
       }
     }
-    const tense = getTenseFromRootsStems(ba, verb.info.base, verb.info.aspect);
+    const tense = getTenseFromRootsStems(
+      ba,
+      verb.info.base,
+      verb.info.aspect,
+      !!negative,
+      verb.info.imperative
+    );
+    if (!tense) {
+      return [];
+    }
     const transitivities = getTransitivities(verb.info.verb);
+    if (verb.info.imperative && negative && !negative.imperative) {
+      return [];
+    }
+    if (!verb.info.imperative && negative && negative.imperative) {
+      return [];
+    }
     return [
       {
         tense,
         transitivities,
-        negative,
+        negative: !!negative,
         person: verb.person,
         verb: verb.info.verb,
       },
@@ -141,7 +159,7 @@ function getTenses(
       {
         tense,
         transitivities,
-        negative,
+        negative: !!negative,
         person: equative.person,
         verb: pPart.info.verb,
       },
@@ -159,7 +177,7 @@ function finishPossibleVPSs({
   tokens,
   person,
 }: {
-  tense: T.VerbTense | T.PerfectTense;
+  tense: T.VerbTense | T.PerfectTense | T.ImperativeTense;
   transitivities: T.Transitivity[];
   npsAndAps: (T.ParsedNP | T.APSelection)[];
   miniPronouns: T.ParsedMiniPronoun[];
@@ -169,49 +187,63 @@ function finishPossibleVPSs({
   person: T.Person;
 }): T.ParseResult<T.VPSelectionComplete>[] {
   const isPast = isPastTense(tense);
-  return transitivities.flatMap<T.ParseResult<T.VPSelectionComplete>>(
-    (transitivity): T.ParseResult<T.VPSelectionComplete>[] => {
-      const v: T.VerbSelectionComplete = {
-        type: "verb",
-        verb,
-        transitivity,
-        canChangeTransitivity: false,
-        canChangeStatDyn: false,
-        negative,
-        tense,
-        canChangeVoice: true,
-        isCompound: false,
-        voice: "active",
-      };
-      if (transitivity === "intransitive") {
-        return finishIntransitive({
-          miniPronouns,
-          npsAndAps,
-          tokens,
-          v,
-          person,
-        });
-      } else if (transitivity === "transitive") {
-        return finishTransitive({
-          miniPronouns,
-          npsAndAps,
-          tokens,
-          v,
-          person,
-          isPast,
-        });
-      } else {
-        return finishGrammaticallyTransitive({
-          miniPronouns,
-          npsAndAps,
-          tokens,
-          v,
-          person,
-          isPast,
-        });
+  return transitivities
+    .flatMap<T.ParseResult<T.VPSelectionComplete>>(
+      (transitivity): T.ParseResult<T.VPSelectionComplete>[] => {
+        const v: T.VerbSelectionComplete = {
+          type: "verb",
+          verb,
+          transitivity,
+          canChangeTransitivity: false,
+          canChangeStatDyn: false,
+          negative,
+          tense,
+          canChangeVoice: true,
+          isCompound: false,
+          voice: "active",
+        };
+        if (transitivity === "intransitive") {
+          return finishIntransitive({
+            miniPronouns,
+            npsAndAps,
+            tokens,
+            v,
+            person,
+          });
+        } else if (transitivity === "transitive") {
+          return finishTransitive({
+            miniPronouns,
+            npsAndAps,
+            tokens,
+            v,
+            person,
+            isPast,
+          });
+        } else {
+          return finishGrammaticallyTransitive({
+            miniPronouns,
+            npsAndAps,
+            tokens,
+            v,
+            person,
+            isPast,
+          });
+        }
       }
-    }
+    )
+    .filter(checkImperative2ndPers);
+}
+
+function checkImperative2ndPers({
+  body: vps,
+}: T.ParseResult<T.VPSelectionComplete>): boolean {
+  if (!isImperativeTense(vps.verb.tense)) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  const subjectPerson = getPersonFromNP(
+    getSubjectSelection(vps.blocks).selection
   );
+  return isSecondPerson(subjectPerson);
 }
 
 function finishIntransitive({
@@ -271,8 +303,9 @@ function finishIntransitive({
       },
     ];
   }
-  if (getPersonFromNP(nps[0].selection) !== person) {
-    errors.push({ message: "subject must agree with intransitive verb" });
+  const subjectPerson = getPersonFromNP(nps[0].selection);
+  if (isImperativeTense(v.tense) && !isSecondPerson(subjectPerson)) {
+    return [];
   }
   if (nps[0].inflected) {
     errors.push({
@@ -864,8 +897,21 @@ function getPeopleFromMiniPronouns(kids: T.ParsedKid[]): T.Person[] {
 function getTenseFromRootsStems(
   hasBa: boolean,
   base: "root" | "stem",
-  aspect: T.Aspect
-): T.VerbTense {
+  aspect: T.Aspect,
+  negative: boolean,
+  imperative?: true
+): T.VerbTense | T.ImperativeTense | undefined {
+  if (imperative) {
+    if (base === "root") {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    if (hasBa) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    return aspect === "imperfective" || negative
+      ? "imperfectiveImperative"
+      : "perfectiveImperative";
+  }
   if (!hasBa) {
     if (base === "root") {
       return aspect === "perfective" ? "perfectivePast" : "imperfectivePast";
diff --git a/src/lib/src/phrase-building/vp-tools.ts b/src/lib/src/phrase-building/vp-tools.ts
index b65f16b..37e99f7 100644
--- a/src/lib/src/phrase-building/vp-tools.ts
+++ b/src/lib/src/phrase-building/vp-tools.ts
@@ -291,8 +291,8 @@ export function uncompleteVPSelection(
     : isPerfectTense(tense)
     ? "perfect"
     : isImperativeTense(tense)
-    ? "modal"
-    : "imperative";
+    ? "imperative"
+    : "modal";
   return {
     ...vps,
     verb: {
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 9327976..b9ab6fa 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -1257,6 +1257,7 @@ export type VBE = VB & {
         aspect: Aspect;
         base: "stem" | "root";
         verb: VerbEntry;
+        imperative?: true;
         abilityAux?: boolean;
       };
 };