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 6.7.2.2
 
When the subject is second person plural or honorific-du is used. -du has a variant -·u used after stems ending in a retroflex consonant.
ki:du  ‘(you pl.) do’
hoņ ‘(you) run’
ho ‘(you) enter’

6.6.7.3
 
 Interrogation
Interrogation is the form of sentence type which expresses a question.
 
Interrogation in Kuvi is expressed in one of three ways.
 
6.7.3.2
 
By use of the wh -words.
 
ivasi amba:si  ‘who is this man?’
evari imbiya manneri?  ‘where are they ?’
nińgo amba:si paņatesi  ‘who sent you ?’
ni:nu e:ni tindi ?  ‘what did you eat ?’

6.7.3.2
 
By use of the clitic -ki used as a tag
          (ki is probably borrowed from Oriya) 
ni:nu evaņa?â vecci ki ?  ‘Did you ask him ?’
evasi nińgo veccesi ki ?  ‘Did he ask you ?’
  6.7.3.3.
 
By rising intonation with a simple declarative sentence.
ni:nu ti:ndi ?  ‘Did you eat ?’
evasi hajji mannesi ?  ‘Is he going ?’
 
6.7.4.
 
Subjunctive:
The subjunctive expresses doubt, uncertainty, probability. The suffix is -p. (cf. 6.12.1.3.)
                   
na:nu ki:peni
‘I may/can do; I may be allowedto do’
 
ma:ro ki:payi
‘we(incl.) may/can do; we (incl.) may be allowed to do
 
ma:mbu ki:poi
 ‘we (excl.) may/can do; we (excl.) may be allowed to do’
ni:nu ki:pedi
‘you may/can do; you may be allowed to do’
mi:ru ki:per
‘you (pl) may/can do; you may be allowed to do’
 
evasi ki:pesi
‘he may/can do; he may be allowed to do’
udi ki:pe
‘she/it may/can do; she/it may be allowed to do’
uvasika/uvi ki:pu
‘They/those/may/can do. They/those may beallowed to do

 6.7.5
 
Optative
The optative expresses desire or wish. The optative suffix is -o. The optative verb form is made up of the root, the non-past tense suffix -n, and the optative suffix. The subject of the verb in the optative mood is always the first person inclusive plural.
 
ma:ro kamma ma:ţţio
‘let us begin work’
 
illu dohni so:ţu sa:pu ki:no
‘let us clean the house’
ma:ro maddano jo:mio
‘let us rest i the afteroon.
ma:ro tumbig·a ta:khĩ hanno
‘let us go walking to Tumbigua’
 

 

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