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* '''Imperative/Hortative''' | * '''Imperative/Hortative''' | ||
** Generally expressing commands, entreaties, wishes or obligations. It must be preceded by the particle ''faa''. The strength of the meaning is purely contextual. The 2nd person forms may be a translated as direct imperative, e.g. ''faa litipya'' "run!" but also "you ought to run, please run, may you run". In the other persons, these other meanings are also used, e.g. ''faa misuntsya'' "I ought to sleep", ''faa tśikalya'' "one ought to eat". | ** Generally expressing commands, entreaties, wishes or obligations. It must be preceded by the particle ''faa''. The strength of the meaning is purely contextual. The 2nd person forms may be a translated as direct imperative, e.g. ''faa litipya'' "run!" but also "you ought to run, please run, may you run". In the other persons, these other meanings are also used, e.g. ''faa misuntsya'' "I ought to sleep", ''faa tśikalya'' "one ought to eat". | ||
====Causative==== | |||
A suffix ''-tsa'' may be added to the end of the verb to create a causative. Here, the subject prefix marks the agent of causation and the object prefix marks the agent of the verb itself, e.g. ''kisuneenitsa'' "I make him see". Causatives usually take an indirect object (see below). | |||
===Pronouns=== | |||
===Syntax=== | |||