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THEORY: third-person imperatives

From:Tom Wier <artabanos@...>
Date:Saturday, April 24, 1999, 21:34
Hey, I was just wondering how people here handle the third
person imperative.  In my Greek class, we're getting things like

timat=F4 oun ho ge d=EAmos ton Hom=EAron kai ton Euripid=EAn
"Therefore, have the people honor Homer and Euripides"

(I know, I know, a really contrived sentence... but it serves
the point.)

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'

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Tom Wier <artabanos@...>
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