Re: More on the Hermetic Language

[maIk ElIs rot]


> Garth Wallace wrote:
>
> >Jake X wrote:
> >>>AIUI, jussive is basically the same as imperative, except it can be 1st
> >>>or 3rd person (imperative is by definition always 2nd person). Usually
> >>>translated into English as "let": "Let him come", "Let them eat cake",
> >>
> >> etc.
> >> So would the Esperanto -u ending in verbs be more properly called
> jussive,
> >> rather than imperitive?  (even though, without a pronoun, it is assumed
> to
> >> be
> >> second person).
> >
> >It's not clear which term should be used if it can be used for all
> >persons. Either term is fine, AFAICT.
>
> If I remember correctly, Irish has a full six-form "imperative". It's
> probably not the only one either.
So, then, would we say that imperitive is the more general term, though
more specifically used to mean the tense of the second person command,
and jussive the tense of a verb commanding any person except 2nd?

Jake

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