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Datapoint Kabardian / 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

 

source: Grammatika 1970: 140;

I wish I would not be idle yesterday
dyɢwase sy-my-ħeulei-ɢa-ret
yesterday 1SG-NEG-idle?-PERF-OPTI
May you go
uy-re-k’we
2SG-OPTII-go