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| *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 |
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If the sentences are not imperative, then the object noun phrase
may be either first person or third person in reflexive
constructions.
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| a |
aras |
sas |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
I |
killed |
myself |
| 1 |
3 |
2 |
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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.
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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,
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| sku:lla yo;
yoča:mena
? |
school to come ; come Fut Neg |
come to (the) school ; won’t you ? |
oqbu sil ; silča:mena
? |
book read ; read Fut Neg |
read (the) book ; won’t you ? |
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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.
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| khos oqbu
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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