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Pomo (Southeastern)
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The Optative
Language:
Pomo (Southeastern)
Feature:
The Optative
by
Nina Dobrushina
and
Johan van der Auwera
and
Valentin Goussev
Value:
Inflectional optative present
Examples
Sentence igt-2323:
mà t̋a ʔoqa c̋i-qa-hine
mà
t̋a
ʔoqa
c̋i-qa-hine
do-?-
opt
.IPF
I wish you would do it
Sentence igt-2324:
mà́ laq́ ʔoqa c̋i-qa-ya-y
mà́
laq́
ʔoqa
c̋i-qa-ya-y
do-?-?-
opt
.PF
I wish you had done it
References
Moshinsky 1974
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