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 The progressive ''oo-'' also existed in Early Tseer and was added to the imperfective stem, but it was deleted. This explains the lack of feminine ''wa-'' in the imperfective form.
-The imperative is marked with a particle ''ma'': ''ma thodagoo toyab'' = 'write a book (to a man)'; ''eer ma wathodagoo toyab'' = let her write a book (perf)'.
+The imperative is marked with a particle ''fa'' (m sg) or ''faw'' (f sg): ''fa thodagoo toyab'' = 'write a book (to a man)'; ''eer faw thodagoo toyab'' = let her write a book (perf)'.
 A Tseer verb may have marked perfectives with ''-aa'' and unmarked imperfectives, or marked imperfectives (with reduplication) and unmarked perfectives.