Verse:Mwail/Old Gloob: Difference between revisions

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:<small>walk/2PL.IMP / PROH walk/2PL.JUSS</small>
:<small>walk/2PL.IMP / PROH walk/2PL.JUSS</small>
:''Walk! / Don't walk!''
:''Walk! / Don't walk!''
* 'mocking' imperatives (2nd person imperatives deemed unlikely to be fulfilled, or unlikely to produce the result desired by the doer)
:'''''Vái mìevat vṓn dū̀sind cḗm.'''''
:''Let's see you inflict even one prick on me.''
* imperatives in indirect speech, with the complementizer ''ne''
* imperatives in indirect speech, with the complementizer ''ne''
:'''''Cýlés ne stúmī́.'''''
:'''''Cýlés ne stúmī́.'''''
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:<small>word-DEF REL say-PASS-JUSS.3SG.M</small>
:<small>word-DEF REL say-PASS-JUSS.3SG.M</small>
:''the word to say/the word that should be said''
:''the word to say/the word that should be said''
* to express deliberative questions, of whether something should be done, or what should be done.
* to express deliberative questions, of whether something should be done, or what should be done.
:'''''Jḗr vamenavái?'''''
:'''''Jḗr vamenavái?'''''
:<small>how advocate-PASS-JUSS.1SG</small>
:<small>how advocate-PASS-JUSS.1SG</small>
:''How am I to defend myself?/How shall I defend myself?''
:''How am I to defend myself?/How shall I defend myself?''
* 'mocking' imperatives (2nd person imperatives deemed unlikely to be fulfilled, or unlikely to produce the result desired by the doer)
:'''''Vái mìevat vṓn dū̀sind cḗm.'''''
:''Let's see you inflict even one prick on me.''


=====Supplementary aspects=====
=====Supplementary aspects=====