On Thu, 20 Jan 2022 at 14:07, mayqel qunen'oS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
Does it make sense to use {-jaj} with imperatives?
ghobe'.
Soj yItIvjaj may you enjoy the food!
{yI-} "A special set of prefixes is used for imperatives, that is, verbs giving commands. (TKD p.34) {-jaj} "This suffix is used to express a desire or wish on the part of the speaker that something take place in the future." (TKD p. 175) How can something be both a command and a wish? {Soj yItIv} "I command you to enjoy the food" {Soj DatIvjaj "I wish that you enjoy the food" *{Soj yItIvjaj} "I command I wish you to enjoy the food"? "I wish that I command that you enjoy the food"? Although there's nothing grammatically wrong, something feels weird,
but I can't understand what it is exactly that seems strange.
A sentence can be grammatically correct and also meaningless. What would a combination of {yI-} with {-jaj} mean? -- De'vID