Re: 3rd-person imperative
| From: | Brad Coon <bcoon@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, May 9, 2000, 1:58 |
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James Campbell wrote:
>
> Jameld has a feature that is surely not unique, yet I don't recall seeing it
> elsewhere in any other lang. This is the fact that the imperative is not
> restricted to the 2nd person.
>
> It was translating this verse yesterday that made me think about this
> feature, and wonder: what other langs do this?
>
Well my recollection is that Latin had a 3rd Future Imperative but I
also recollect some discussion as to its real imperative nature, or
lack thereof.
Nova formerly applied imperative across all 4 persons it uses. Its not
clear now if that is still so since I now make a fundamental distinction
between direct address forms and everything else.
--
Brad Coon
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