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From: Don Wiggins <dwiggins@BFSEC.BT.CO.UK>
Subject:      Imperatives
To: John Cowan <cowan@LOCKE.CCIL.ORG>
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>        ei noda pencu ti
>        Nobody touch this.
>
>        e'o da sidju mi
>        Somebody help me!

.uasai These are pretty good for third person imperatives.

>        ei roda punji lei ri cukta le jubme
>        Everybody put their books on the table.

but no cigar for this one :-)

I think this is closer in meaning to "All of you, put your books on the table."
in that the "everybody" is referring to the second person plural.

.i piro ko punji lei ri cukta le jubme

Is this pro-sumti mass or individual?  Is this the same as

.i roko punji lei cukta le jubme

Don