On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 1:26 PM, .arpis.
<rpglover64+jbobau@gmail.com> wrote:
"Go and take out the trash, will you, honey?" is an imperative. If you tell me that it's also an order, I'll concede that we have different definitions of "order".
Okay, I concede that your example is of a request or suggestion, rather than an order, despite its imperative.
But in general, imperatives and orders overlap a lot.
OTOH, I know that in Russian, sometimes--especially in the military--orders are given in the infinitive.
stevo
On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 12:49 PM, MorphemeAddict
<lytlesw@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 12:39 PM, .arpis.
<rpglover64+jbobau@gmail.com> wrote:
That is absolutely false. {ko} is simply the word for an imperative mood, with no other implications; it's not necessarily an order.
Hunh? An imperative is necessarily an order. That's the definition of imperative.
On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 11:32 AM, la gleki
<gleki.is.my.name@gmail.com> wrote:
{.e'u} and {ko} largely differ in the fact that after insubmission after {ko} you might be executed by your commander whereas after {.e'u} you would probably survive. zo'o
"Insubmission" is a new and useful word for me. Thanks for using it!
stevo
On Friday, August 17, 2012 4:24:31 PM UTC+4, selpa'i wrote:
Am 17.08.2012 13:47, schrieb Paul Predkiewicz:
> but {xa'e} is a rafsi of {xance}, how would you use it to say such
> things as "let's go"?
-xa'e- is the rafsi, but xa'e as a cmavo is a LAhE (even though I wish
it was UI) that makes it so that the sumti it's used on is treated as if
it was ko, i.e. a third-person command.
xa'e lo gerku cu cliva
"The dogs shall leave!"
"May the dogs leave!"
"I want the dogs to leave."
Whether it's very useful is another question. {.e'u} will usually be
enough for cohortatives at least.
mu'o mi'e la selpa'i
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