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Normally the jussive is formed by using the complementizer ''emb'' before the clause. | Normally the jussive is formed by using the complementizer ''emb'' before the clause: | ||
:'''''Awr le tic jyvad llyn! Emb asdyjéf awr dia jovi!''''' | |||
:3PL be how_much hate DAT.1SG COMP starve_to_death 3PL in-SPEC desert | |||
:''I hate them so much! I hope they starve to death in the desert!'' | |||
The morphological jussive is high-register and is formed with the suffix ''-or''. It can be used in conditional statements expressing a generally true rule. | The morphological jussive is high-register and is formed with the suffix ''-or''. It can be used in conditional statements expressing a generally true rule. | ||