Datapoint Aghul / The Optative

Language:	Aghul
Feature:	The Optative by Nina Dobrushina and Johan van der Auwera and Valentin Goussev
Value:	Inflectional optative present

Examples

Sentence igt-1328:

ǯehlem-di-n q’en-a-s š-uraj ge

ǯehlem-di-n

hell-obl-gen

q’en-a-s

bottom-obl-dat

š-uraj

go-opt

ge

he

Let him go to hell (literally to the bottom of the hell)

Sentence igt-3540:

Wun ǯehlem-di-s ušu-raj!

Wun

you

ǯehlem-di-s

hell-obl-dat

ušu-raj!

go-opt

Go to hell!

Sentence igt-3541:

*Wun mexteb-i-s ušu-raj!

*Wun

you

mexteb-i-s

school-obl-dat

ušu-raj!

go-opt

Go to school!