Re: More on the Hermetic Language

| -----Original Message-----
| From: Jake X
| Subject: Re: More on the Hermetic Language
|
| 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). Jake

        It's my understanding that it depends on whether you use a subject or not.

        Without a subject, it's imperative:

Sidu.   (You [all]) Sit (down). (You don't plan on taking "no" as a response.)
Sidu bonvole.   Kindly sit down. (A bit nicer than above, but still firm.)
Kuru! Godzilo atakas!   (You [all]) Run! Godzila attacks!

        With a subject, it becomes a jussive:

Ni sidu.   We should sit. / Let's sit. (Usually with "I'm tired" or such.)
Illi sidu.   They should sit. / Encourage them to sit.
Ni kuru, cxar Godzilo estas atakanta.   We should run, because Godzila is attacking.


 I usually think of -us and -u as weak and strong subjunctive endings. (Of
course, those are simply my own terms.)

        Mike

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H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Research Center
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