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The optative mood (''purmanūkire darišam'') has two main uses: expressing wishes (i.e. optative "may") and expectations or recommendations (i.e. "should" or "ought to"). As an extension of the latter use, it is also the way Chlouvānem forms imperatives. | The optative mood (''purmanūkire darišam'') has two main uses: expressing wishes (i.e. optative "may") and expectations or recommendations (i.e. "should" or "ought to"). As an extension of the latter use, it is also the way Chlouvānem forms imperatives. | ||
The optative does not distinguish tenses but aspects, even though the perfective optative is formed with the same terminations of the | The optative does not distinguish tenses but aspects, even though the perfective optative is formed with the same terminations of the perfect indicative and is used for truly irrealizable wishes expressed in remembrance of a past situation (see example sentence 2 below). It is also used as a perfective imperative, sometimes in simple commands (as in the example sentence 4) or, more commonly, intending an instruction that has to be completed before another event (cf. imperfective and perfective optative commands in the last two examples). | ||
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| phrase = emiya nanåh svātārṣęe tatalāvē! | | phrase = emiya nanåh svātārṣęe tatalāvē! | ||
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| phrase = daudike nacamai : | | phrase = daudike nacamai : tamirtirismoes. | ||
| gloss = want-<small>INF</small> be.<small>HON-OPT.IMPF.2SG.EXTERIOR-AGENT</small>. be_seated-<small>EXP-CAUS-OPT-PERF.2SG.INTERIOR.COMMON</small>. | | gloss = want-<small>INF</small> be.<small>HON-OPT.IMPF.2SG.EXTERIOR-AGENT</small>. be_seated-<small>EXP-CAUS-OPT-PERF.2SG.INTERIOR.COMMON</small>. | ||
| translation = Please sit down. | | translation = Please sit down. | ||
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| phrase = menire tatetimismai. | |||
| gloss = tomorrow. be_stand-<small>EXP-CAUS-OPT-IMPF.2SG.EXTERIOR-AGENT</small>. | |||
| translation = Decide/Take a decision tomorrow. ~ Tomorrow you should take a decision. | |||
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| phrase = menire tatetimismoes. | |||
| gloss = tomorrow. be_stand-<small>EXP-CAUS-OPT-PERF.2SG.EXTERIOR-AGENT</small>. | |||
| translation = Have a decision taken tomorrow. ~ Tomorrow you should have already taken a decision. | |||
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