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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!'''''
:'''''Ir le tic jyvad llyn! Emb asdyjéf ir dia jovi!'''''
:3PL be how_much hate DAT.1SG COMP starve_to_death 3PL in-SPEC desert
:2SG be how_much hate DAT.1SG COMP starve_to_death 2SG in-SPEC desert
:''I hate them so much! I hope they starve to death in the desert!''
:''I hate you so much! I hope you 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.
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