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From the verb stem '''√luk-''' "carry": | From the verb stem '''√luk-''' "carry": | ||
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| rowspan="2"|Imperative | |||
| colspan="2"|Active | |||
| colspan="2"|Passive | |||
|- | |||
|Singular | |||
|Plural | |||
|Singular | |||
|Plural | |||
|- | |||
|2nd | |||
|'''luk''' "carry" | |||
|'''lukuk''' "carry" | |||
|'''lukul''' "be carried" | |||
|'''lukulul''' "be carried" | |||
|} | |||
The imperative is used for commands, directions, instructions, and invitations; it does not imply any peremptoriness, and indeed carries the overtones of polite request. | |||
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|'''lûkululu''' "they have been carried" | |'''lûkululu''' "they have been carried" | ||
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Though translated above with past or perfect tenses, the stative is not necessarily a past tense; rather, it indicates that the agent or patient of a verb is in a fixed state, which requires some further action to change it. For a transitive verb like √luk-, the general implication is that the state results from a past action which affected the patient. | |||