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.
M