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Datapoint Hayu / The Optative

Language
Genus: Bodic, Family: Sino-Tibetan
Feature
The Optative by Nina Dobrushina , Johan van der Auwera and Valentin Goussev
Value
Inflectional optative present
References

Examples

« …Live long you too! » he said. These two blessed each other (literally exchanged blessings) saying “Live long each of us two!”
«…gon le dherai jiu go-ju!» pa nakpu-ja «go·-tschik-ju!» pa āsik ha-ha po·-tshe
you.SG too much live live-2SG.INTR.NONPST QUOT two-ERG live-1DU.INCL.NONPST QUOT blessing give-give do-3DU.INTR.PAST