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:A grammatical mood that expresses a command or instruction. "Do as I say, not as I do" is an imperative sentence, as is "go!". [[Toki Pona]] marks the imperative with ''[[o]]''. Contrast [[#indicative|indicative]], [[#optative|optative]]. |
:A grammatical mood that expresses a command or instruction. "Do as I say, not as I do" is an imperative sentence, as is "go!". [[Toki Pona]] marks the imperative with ''[[o]]''. Contrast [[#indicative|indicative]], [[#optative|optative]], [[#vocative|vocative]]. |
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;indicative<span id="Indicative" /><span id="indicative" /> |
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:A grammatical mood that describes a real or actual thing. "The cat is cute" is an example of an indicative sentence. Contrast [[#imperative|imperative]], [[#optative|optative]]. |
:A grammatical mood that describes a real or actual thing. "The cat is cute" is an example of an indicative sentence. Contrast [[#imperative|imperative]], [[#optative|optative]], [[#vocative|vocative]]. |
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;intransitive verb<span id="Intransitive Verb" /><span id="Intransitive verb" /><span id="intransitive verb" /> |
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:A grammatical mood that expresses a wish, hope, or desire. "The children should do their homework" is an example of an optative sentence. Contrast [[#indicative|indicative]], [[# |
:A grammatical mood that expresses a wish, hope, or desire. "The children should do their homework" is an example of an optative sentence. Contrast [[#imperative|imperative]], [[#indicative|indicative]], [[#vocative|vocative]]. |
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:A form of a [[#noun|noun]] used to call to or address something or someone. In the phrase "hey you!", the word "you" is vocative. [[Toki Pona]] marks the vocative with ''[[o]]''. English does not usually distinguish vocative from non-vocative nouns, aside from the archaic particle "O" as in "O Canada". |
:A form of a [[#noun|noun]] used to call to or address something or someone. In the phrase "hey you!", the word "you" is vocative. [[Toki Pona]] marks the vocative with ''[[o]]''. English does not usually distinguish vocative from non-vocative nouns, aside from the archaic particle "O" as in "O Canada". Contrast [[#imperative|imperative]], [[#indicative|indicative]], [[#optative|optative]]. |