IMPERATIVES

Imperatives mostly are generated from the present stem of verb, except 1st person plural which is similar to 1st person plural of simple future tense. The formation of imperatives is shown in following table.

  Active  Reflexive 
1st sing. 
2nd sing.  2nd sing. of present tense  2nd sing. of present stem 
3rd sing.  lai + 3rd of present tense  lai + 3rd of present tense 
1st plur.  1st plur. of future tense  1st plur. of future tense 
2nd plur.  present stem + -iet  present stem + -ieties 
3rd plur.  lai + 3rd of present tense  lai + 3rd of present tense 

Examples

  1 conj. active  1 conj. reflexive  2 conj. active  2 conj. reflexive  3 conj. active  3 conj. reflexive 
2nd sing.  ēd!  smej-ies!  ogo!  sarunāj-ies!  tec-i!  māc-ies! 
3rd sing.  lai ēd!  lai smej-as!  lai ogo!  lai sarunāj-as!  lai tek!  lai māc-ās! 
1st plur.  ēd-am!  smej-amies!  ogoj-am!  sarunāj-amies!  tek-am!  māc-āmies! 
2nd. plur.  ēd-iet!  smej-ieties!  ogoj-iet!  sarunāj-ieties!  tek-iet!  māc-ieties! 
3rd plur.  lai ēd!  lai smej-as!  lai ogo!  lai sarunāj-as!  lai tek!  lai māc-ās! 


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