In English, the imperative is formed using the bare infinitive form of the verb (see English verbs for more details). This is usually also the same as the second-person present indicative form, except in the case of the verb "to be", where the imperative is "be" while the indicative is "are". (The present subjunctive always has the same form as the imperative, although it is negated differently – the imperative is negated using "do not", as in "Don't touch me!"; see "do"-support. Occasionally "do" is not used: "Dare not touch me!") The imperative form is understood as being in the second person (the subject pronoun "you" is usually omitted, although it can be included for emphasis), with no explicit indication of singular or plural. First and third person imperatives are expressed periphrastically, using a construction with the imperative of the verb "let":