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The Optative
Language:
Buriat
Feature:
The Optative
by
Nina Dobrushina
and
Johan van der Auwera
and
Valentin Goussev
Value:
Inflectional optative present
Examples
Sentence igt-3539:
xubuu-ye-mni bu soxi-hoi daa
xubuu-ye-mni
son-
acc
-
poss
.
1sg
bu
neg
soxi-hoi
beat-
opt
.3
daa
sg/pl.PART
If only they didn’t beat my son.
References
Sanzheev et al. 1962
cite
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