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Datapoint Adyghe (Temirgoy) / The Optative

Language
Genus: Northwest Caucasian, Family: Northwest Caucasian
Feature
The Optative by Nina Dobrushina , Johan van der Auwera and Valentin Goussev
Value
Inflectional optative present
References

Examples

 

If only you heard him singing!
ej, aši ored k’yzerih’orer zexeoz-γot
Oh he.ERG song ? ?-OPTI
If only such joy came to everybody!
aš’ fede guš’waγo xeti k’e-re-k’w!
he.ERG benefit joy each PREV-OPTII-come