Talk:jussive
Latest comment: 10 years ago by Neitrāls vārds
"Although the jussive mood is absent from English" contradicts the Wikipedia article on the jussive mood. Weixifan 19:28, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
- I don't know where the line should be drawn. Maybe not a proper mood but jussive constructions are definitely possible.
- Dad said that mom supposedly said you be finished with your homework, otherwise...
- The bold text makes up jussive. Wiktionary is not intended to go in deep analysis, however, the def. fails to mention the most important part – jussive communicates not just any but a reported order (well, in Latvian and Livonian anyhow.) Neitrāls vārds (talk) 17:28, 18 February 2014 (UTC)