The "Look" Command

[bliskucha]

Help! Can someone please tell me the difference, and when to use the following look commands: Дивіться (Diveetsya), and Дивись (Divis).

Thank you so very, very much!
Sonia in New York

[Hannia]

Dyvitsya = polite form of look

Dyvys = familiar form of look

[bliskucha]

Hannia,

I want to thank you so much for responding to my question. I suspected that this might be the case with those two commands, but believe it or not, none of my books touched upon this. I truly wish there was a book on commands! Again, thanks a lot, Hannia.

-Sonia in New York

[Hannia]

Look under Imperative Mood!

[Serhii]

Sonia,
Both forms have absolutely the same meaning. The first one is an imperative mood for PLURAL ( children, people, birds,etc - pronoun - VY ( you ). ' Dity (= VY) dyvit'sia siudy.
The second one is for singular ( a child , man, bird, etc. - TY - you( thou ). Dytyno ( = TY ) dyvys' siudy.
If you only knew how many the similar problems we have here in Ukraine when learning English commands ! Good luck !

[vivandr]

Both Serhii and Hania are correct.

⌠Dyvitsia■ is used in imperative mood to the plural subjects, and ⌠dyvys▓■ has the same use but concerning singular subject. But at the same time when you are addressing the older person, your boss or any other person with whom you are ⌠na vy■, you would say ⌠dyvitsia■. To the person with whom you are ⌠na ty■, you would say ⌠dyvys▓■. In English there is only "You", but in Ukrainian we have "Ty" and also "Vy" which is polite form of "Ty".

Vitaliy