- In linguistics, a
desiderative (abbreviated DESI or DES) form is one that has the
meaning of "wanting to X".
Desiderative forms are
often verbs, derived...
- jī́vati "he lives". The
desiderative in
Sanskrit may also be used as imminent: mumūrṣati "he is
about to die". The
Sanskrit desiderative continues Proto-Indo-European...
- or the last
stressed syllable. -se:
desiderative suffix: (Che) añemoaranduse, "I want to study". te-:
desiderative prefix: Ahasa, "I p****", Tahasa, "I...
- is
closely related to the
subjunctive mood but is
distinct from the
desiderative mood.
English has no
morphological optative, but
various constructions...
- tense, and
exists in all
persons but the
first person singular.
Desiderative: The
desiderative is used to
express desires. It can be
formed for all persons...
- that he
understand that")
Desiderative: Vive la république! ("Long live the republic!")
Sometimes it is not:
Desiderative: Que la lumière soit! ("Let...
- iterative/inceptive ("I did
something repeatedly"/"I
began to do something"),
desiderative ("I want to do something"). The
formation of
secondary verbs remained...
-
Indicative Present Imperfective ****ure
Indicative ****ure ****ure —
Intentional Desiderative Imperative Imperative Imperative Optative Jussive Optative — Potential...
-
afatala prefatory converb -nggala/nggele/nggolo
afanggala desiderative 1 -ki
afaki desiderative 2 -kini
afakini optative -cina
afacina temeritive -rahū...
- the s-****ure. It is a
descendant of the Proto-Indo-European (h₁)se-
desiderative, with i-reduplication in many verbs. The Old
Irish a- and s-****ure come...
