Celabrian: Difference between revisions

| Forms a command or request in the second person. || – || SI: ''<b>O</b>'' <br />SF/P:''<b>O</b>''-(ə)t  || rowspan="2" | The imperative is only used for the second person, and only when it is the absolutive argument of the verb. Otherwise, the jussive is used. The jussive can also be used as a more gentle/polite affirmative second person command.

| Forms a command or request, or expresses an obligation. || Expresses an obligation in the frame of reference. || ''<b>O</b>-1''

| Expresses a wish, or encourages an action. || Expresses a wish in the frame of reference. || ''O''-'''aš'''-''1'' || Can be translated as "should/must" when the subject has control over the action, and "may" when the subject does not. Can also be used as a more gentle alternative to the jussive or imperative.

| colspan="2" | Expresses a hypothetical event/state that is dependent on some condition. || ṭ<u>a</u>-''<b>O</b>-1'' || Can be translated as "would (have)".

| colspan="2" | Expresses a hypothetical event/state that is presupposed to be true. || ṭa-''O-1''-'''aš'''-''1'' || The presumptive is often paired with the conditional.

^{<small>1</small>} ''P'' = perfective stem; ''I'' = imperfective stem; ''O'' = optative stem; ''1'' = primary personal endings; ''2'' = secondary personal endings; bold affix = stress on affix; bold stem = stress on final syllable of stem; (<u>ə</u>) = added when needed for pronunciation.