Re: THEORY: third-person imperatives

On Sat, 24 Apr 1999, Tom Wier wrote:

> Hey, I was just wondering how people here handle the third
> person imperative.  In my Greek class, we're getting things like
...

> In Degaspregos, one would just use the third person pronoun
> or noun with a imperative mode verb:
>
> Sunote, dugatros teoso leobosna teutososna gnoiat
> 'Son, have your daughter know of the life/history of your tribe'
>
In Teonaht, you say "do that your daughter know the story of your
people:

        Def       ta   pre   syl mesol     il thyme
        Do (IMP)that knows  your daughter the story

        ilid    syl plevvysta.
        of-the your people.

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Sally
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