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The imperative form using ～なさい

おきなさい！

You can form the "polite" imperative by taking off the ます off of a verb in the polite present, and add なさい.

• 食べなさい Eat
• 読みなさい Read
• おきなさい Get up

～なさい is used by superiors to their inferiors, like a parent to a child, or a teacher to a student. てください is used by inferiors to ask their superiors to do something, like a student to a teacher.

The word "polite" means this form is not the impolite imperative, like 　おきろ! Or 読め！, which is a lot stronger imperative.