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! Declarative/Intentive Absolute | ! Declarative/Intentive Absolute | ||
| -rawāš-<br/> -rawaš-<br/>-warāš-<br/> -waraš- | | -rawāš-<br/> -rawaš-<br/>-warāš-<br/> -waraš- <br/> -rwaš- | ||
| Indicates the speaker is determined that the state or event shall be fulfilled; if accompanied by a negator, it conveys the meaning "never". The "-warāš-/-waraš-" forms occur when preceded by the Transitivizer ''-u''; in the Upper Minhast dialects, excluding the Seal and Elk Speaker dialects, the underlying ''n''-form of the Transitivizer surfaces, e.g. ''Ušneknesunwaraš'' ("I will definitely hit him!") | | Indicates the speaker is determined that the state or event shall be fulfilled; if accompanied by a negator, it conveys the meaning "never". The "-warāš-/-waraš-" forms occur when preceded by the Transitivizer ''-u''; in the Upper Minhast dialects, excluding the Seal and Elk Speaker dialects, the underlying ''n''-form of the Transitivizer surfaces, e.g. ''Ušneknesunwaraš'' ("I will definitely hit him!") | ||
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! colspan="2" | Imperative (Emphatic) | ! colspan="2" | Imperative (Emphatic) | ||
| -ška | | -ška | ||
| The Emphatic Imperative is usually used in cases of urgency, such as emergencies; outside that, it is considered course or otherwise rude. Combining it with the Declarative/Intentive Absolute ''-rawaš-'' makes it egregiously so, e.g.: '' | | The Emphatic Imperative is usually used in cases of urgency, such as emergencies; outside that, it is considered course or otherwise rude. Combining it with the Declarative/Intentive Absolute ''-rawaš-'' makes it egregiously so, e.g.: ''Yekayektahurwaška!'' "Lick me!" (obsc.) | ||
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! rowspan="4" | Subordinative | ! rowspan="4" | Subordinative | ||