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Imperatives in Nrit

From:Shreyas Sampat <nsampat@...>
Date:Monday, June 18, 2001, 12:26
Okay.  In Nrit there are two ways to form infinitves - via nominalization,
and by way of a subjunctive construction.

The nominalization can simply nominalize the verb, or it, too, can be a
subjunctive that suggests that there be an agent or object of an action.

Example:

from the verb <nio> we get

ni:azha = the seeing
nio:r kasta: = seen-thing let-it-be
niu:~ln kasttsu~n seers you-should-be

With subjunctives, we can say <sitti~n eskane niokS@tsu~n>, "y'all should
look at that".

I'm wondering if this is too clunky.  Only the first form, with the -zha
and i-mutation, is at all compact.

---
Shreyas