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An Elementary Grammar of the Kannada, or Canarese Language

by Thomas Hodson

29. Syntax of the Imperative Mood (§§ 247 - 252)

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Hodson, Thomas: An elementary grammar of the Kannada, or Canarese language. --29. Syntax of the Imperative Mood (§§ 247 - 252). -- Fassung vom 2011-08-26. -- URL: http://www.payer.de/hodson/hodson29.htm

First published as:  Hodson, Thomas: An elementary grammar of the Kannada, or Canarese language ; in which every word used in the examples is translated, and the pronunciation is given in English characters. -- 2. ed. -- Bangalore : Wesleyan Mission Press, 1864. -- 128 p. ; 23 cm.

First time published here: 2011-08-26

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This text is part of the section Sanskrit und Indien  of Tüpfli's Global Village Library

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Syntax [ಪ್ರಯೋಗ prayōga] of the Imperative Mood [ವಿಧಿ vidhi]

• ಮಾಡ ಗೊಡಿಸು māḍa goḍisu, (or ಮಾಡಲೀಸು māḍalīsu,) Permit me to do.

248. Verbal nouns in ಉವದು uvadu, or ಓಣ ōṇa, are often used imperatively; as,

• ಈ ಕೆಲಸಾ ಮಾಡುವದು ī kelasā māḍuvadu, Do this work.
• ನಾವು ಹೋಗೋಣ nāvu hōgōṇa, Let us go.

249. Occasionally the future tense of the Affirmative mood is used for the imperative; as,

• ನಾನು ಮಾಡುವೆ nānu māḍuve, Let me do.

250. The negative imperative is formed by adding ಬೇಡ bēḍa, to the infinitive; as,

• ಮಾಡ ಬೇಡ māḍa bēḍa, Do not, or, must not do.
• ಬರ ಬೇಡ bara bēḍa, Come not, or, must not come.

251. In commanding inferiors, the particles ಓ ō (masculine) and ಏ ē (feminine) are sometimes added to the 2. pers. sing. imperative; as,

• ಈ ಕೆಲಸಾ ಮಾಡೋ ī kelasā māḍō, Do this work.
• ಹೋಗೋ hōgō, Be gone.
• ಹೇಳೋ hēḷō, Tell.
• ಎಲೇ ಹೆಂಗಸೇ ಇಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಬಾಯೇ elē heṃgasē illige bāyē, O woman, come here.

252. Except in the 2nd person singular and plural, all the forms of the imperative are the same.

To 30. Syntax of the Negation (§§ 253 -260)