"Ne le branche pas tout de suite, attends ton père."

Translation: Don't plug it in right away; wait for your father.

[RoslynJS]

LOL. The father usually waits for the teenager to plug a device in these days.

[Felixs405]

Don't plug it right away should accepted just as don't plug it in right away!

[PaulineHoc1]

Why is 'straight' away not accepted whereas 'right'away is - surely interchangeable?

[kikikogoya]

Correct my grammar, please ! Why is the conjugated word "attends" used here and not the infinitive "attendre" if this is a command / request to do something ?

[POISSONJos]

The imperative forms are :
Attends ( for wait when you speak to one person you know well)
Attendons (for let's wait)
Attendez (for wait when you speak to a person you don't know well ... or to several people)
You can find the infinitive form : attendre for instructions in a recipe for example... when the instructions concern anybody..

[Jojo553168]

Yes, it is the imperative mood.

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▶ Link: L’impératif: the imperative in French on lingolia