Why do we have to use sie in the sentence? Can’t we just say “ Wählen eine Lektion. ”?

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Why do we have to use sie in the sentence? Can’t we just say “ Wählen eine Lektion. ”?

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I think it’s at least typical that you do include Sie in the polite form of command. For du and ihr, they are not necessary and I think generally excluded except for certain emphasis.

https://www.dartmouth.edu/~deutsch/Grammatik/Imperative/Imperativ.html

Whether you can exclude “Sie”, I don’t know for sure, but again, I think it’s probably at best not typical, but maybe a native German can answer this.

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We have several forms of the Imperative in German:
du wählst - Wähl(e)!
ihr wählt - Wählt!
wir wählen - Wählen wir!
Sie (polite form) wählen - Wählen Sie!
NB: Sie is here written with the capital letter!
You can more know about the Imperative in German from my lesson of the course SCHRITT FÜR SCHRITT - BILDUNG DES IMPERATIVS:

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