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The Optative
Language:
Mapudungun
Feature:
The Optative
by
Nina Dobrushina
and
Johan van der Auwera
and
Valentin Goussev
Value:
Inflectional optative absent
Examples
Sentence igt-1551:
Chewrumé rüngkü-pe!
Chewrumé
wherever
rüngkü-pe!
jump-
imp
.3
Let him jump wherever he wants to!
Sentence igt-1552:
Küme-le-pe ñi fochüm!
Küme-le-pe
good-
stat
-
imp
.3
ñi
my
fochüm!
son
May my son be all right!
References
Smeets 1989
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