Re: Marking and Imperatives

>Matt Pearson (Madth Bfiysn) [15 Oct]:
>> In Tokana, I frequently leave off the first person subject with verbs of
>> thinking and saying:  When a sentence expresses a point of view, and
>> it's not made explicit whose point of view it is, it's assumed to be
>> the speaker's point of view:  For example, "I think that John has left"
>> would be rendered "Opa nelhukanne Tsion", literally "Think that-he-has-
>> left John".
>
>How do you do "It is thought (by people in general) that"?
Same way.  Nobody every accused Tokana of being precise and
unambiguous!  :-)

One way to mark the distinction would be through the use of
evidential particles:  There are several particles, one of which
means "this sentence is the speaker's personal opinion", and
another one which means "this sentence represents hearsay".

Matt.