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The Optative
Language:
Kabardian
Feature:
The Optative
by
Nina Dobrushina
and
Johan van der Auwera
and
Valentin Goussev
Value:
Inflectional optative present
Examples
Sentence igt-2255:
dyɢ w ase sy-my-ħeulei-ɢa-ret
dyɢ w ase
yesterday
sy-my-ħeulei-ɢa-ret
1sg
-
neg
-idle?-PERF-OPTI
I wish I would not be idle yesterday
Sentence igt-2256:
uy-re-k’ w e
uy-re-k’ w e
2sg
-OPTII-go
May you go
References
Kumaxov 1971
Anonymous 1970
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