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Imperative mood is often expressed using special conjugated verb forms. Like other finite verb forms, imperatives often inflect for person and number.Second-person imperatives (used for ordering or requesting performance directly from the person being addressed) are most common, but some languages also have imperative forms for the first and third persons (alternatively called cohortative and ...
If the person in control of the desired state of affairs is the addressee(s), the utterance is an imperative. In any other case, it is a hortative. Consider the following examples: May he live a hundred years! (optative) Sing! (imperative) Let's sing! (hortative) (1) illustrates an optative.
The first English grammar, Bref Grammar for English by William Bullokar, published in 1586, does not use the term "auxiliary" but says: All other verbs are called verbs-neuters-un-perfect because they require the infinitive mood of another verb to express their signification of meaning perfectly: and be these, may, can, might or mought, could, would, should, must, ought, and sometimes, will ...
The imperative mood is formed using the word ba ('go') at the end of a sentence, hence: Lee surat ba! – 'Read the letter!' The word lai ('just' or 'a bit') may also be used when making a request rather than a command: Lee surat lai – 'Just read the letter.' When forbidding an action labele ('cannot') or keta ('do not') are used: Labele fuma ...
Imperative may refer to: Imperative mood , a grammatical mood (or mode) expressing commands, direct requests, and prohibitions Imperative programming , a programming paradigm in computer science
The jussive mood in Turkish serves as an imperative (for issuing orders, commanding or requesting), but covers third person (both singular and plural) instead of second person. The negative, interrogative and negative-interrogative forms are also possible. Imperative: koş! (Run!) Jussive: koşsun! (similar to Let him/her run or he/she shall run)
Democratic-led states that have vowed to challenge President-elect Donald Trump's initiatives will face a tough legal landscape after his first-term appointments reshaped the judiciary, not only ...
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