*khoras sas
1  2

kill

himself
2 1

*aras

sas
1 2

kill

myself
2  1

kheras

sas
1 2

kill

yourself
2 1

kheras

zbris
1 2

write

yourself
2 1

If the sentences are not imperative, then the object noun phrase may be either first person or third person in reflexive constructions.
 
a aras sas
1 2 3

I

killed

 myself
1 3     2

     It has already been pointed out that the subject noun phrase and object noun phrase are identical in reflexive constructions. In reflexive imperative constructions, we have object noun phrase which is second person. The first and third persons cannot occur as the object noun phrase in reflexive imperative constructions. So it is evident that the imperatie sentences have the second person as the subject noun phrase.
 
     The verbs in imperative sentences do not show any tense in the superficial constructions. However the hearer interprets that the tense is future which is later deleted like the subject noun phrase. In order to show that the tense is future in the underlying structures of the imperative sentences, let us consider some sentences with tag questions,
 
sku:lla yo; yoča:mena ?

school to come ; come Fut Neg

come to (the) school ; won’t you ?

šoqbu sil ; silča:mena ?

book read ; read Fut Neg

read (the) book ; won’t you ?

      In tag questions, the verb root with future tense marker -ča is repeated. In tag, the tense of the matrix sentence is repeated. Consider the following sentences.
 
khos šoqbu silča:in ; silča:mena ?

he book will read read Fut Neg

he will read the book ; won’t he ?

bomos hluik zbris ; ma zbrisa ?

girl poem one wrote : Neg read

(the) girl wrote a poem ; didn’t she ?

as qalampu khers ; ma khersa ?

I pen the took ; Neg took

 
 

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