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Datapoint Aghul / The Optative

Language
Genus: Lezgic, Family: Nakh-Daghestanian
Feature
The Optative by Nina Dobrushina , Johan van der Auwera and Valentin Goussev
Value
Inflectional optative present
Source
Solmaz Merdanova, p.c.

Examples

 

source: Solmaz Merdanova, p.c.

Let him go to hell (literally to the bottom of the hell)
ǯehlem-di-n q’en-a-s š-uraj ge
hell-OBL-GEN bottom-OBL-DAT go-OPT he
Go to hell!
Wun  ǯehlem-di-s  ušu-raj! 
you hell-OBL-DAT go-OPT
Go to school!
*Wun  mexteb-i-s  ušu-raj! 
you school-OBL-DAT go-OPT