Difference between revisions of "Imperatives and Hortatives"
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| + | Hortatives, at least for 1PL subjects, are expressed by way of the following: |
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| − | It is unclear if there is a hortative, e.g. "let's stand up!" |
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| + | '''aca''' + '''i''' + V stem |
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| + | e.g. aca i ndet! "let's go!" (103). '''aca''' can perhaps be analyzed as a free-standing hortative particle; it can be used on its own as an utterance meaning roughly "let's!". |
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Revision as of 16:17, 31 October 2012
Imperatives
Imperatives for singular listeners are formed with a suffix -i, e.g. geenoox-i "stand up!" (079).
Imperatives for plural listeners are formed with a suffix -yo', e.g. jaw-yo'! "cook (pl)!" (103). It is unclear whether this is analyzable as a combination of the imperative morpheme -i and the plural marker -yo'.
A negative imperative (prohibitive?) is formed as follows:
bar + o/nu + V stem
e.g. bar o ret! "don't go (sg)!", bar nu ndet! "don't go (pl)!" (103). This can be contracted to ba + V stem on occasion, e.g. ba ret! "don't go (sg)!", ba ndet! "don't go (pl)!" (103)
Hortatives
Hortatives, at least for 1PL subjects, are expressed by way of the following:
aca + i + V stem
e.g. aca i ndet! "let's go!" (103). aca can perhaps be analyzed as a free-standing hortative particle; it can be used on its own as an utterance meaning roughly "let's!".
