Imperatives and Hortatives

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Imperatives

Imperatives for singular listeners are formed with a suffix -i, e.g. geenoox-i "stand up!" (079).

It is unclear if there is a negative imperative, e.g., "don't stand up!" or "you'd better not stand up!".

Hortatives

It is unclear if there is a hortative, e.g. "let's stand up!"

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