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13.3 Clauses in the imperative mood<br />
(56) bårråm lä<br />
bårrå-m lä<br />
eat-prf<br />
dån biergov<br />
dån biergo-v<br />
be\2sg.prs 2sg.nom meat-acc.sg<br />
‘Have you eaten meat there?’<br />
danne?<br />
danne<br />
there<br />
[pit090519.130]<br />
13.2.2.1 Polar interrogatives and the question marker<br />
It is possible for polar interrogative clauses to be identified as such by a question<br />
marker gu∼gus following the finite verb. However, the use <strong>of</strong> the question marker<br />
in polar interrogatives is exceptionally uncommon and can hardly be considered<br />
obligatory in current <strong>Pite</strong> <strong>Saami</strong> usage; this is reflected in the data from the corpus,<br />
which contain only three tokens. See §9.1.2.1 for a preliminary discussion <strong>of</strong><br />
the question marker, including the three tokens from the corpus.<br />
13.3 Clauses in the imperative mood<br />
Clauses in the imperative mood stand out syntactically by lacking an overt subject<br />
NP. Furthermore, they are marked by special portmanteau morphemes on<br />
the finite verb which express imperative mood as well as the number <strong>of</strong> the implied<br />
subject <strong>of</strong> the clause, which is always 2 nd person. The finite verb tends to<br />
be in clause-initial position, as shown by the examples in (57) 15 and (58).<br />
(57) giehto<br />
giehto<br />
naginav<br />
nagina-v<br />
dan<br />
d-a-n<br />
Låddávre<br />
Låddávre<br />
birra<br />
birra<br />
tell\sg.imp something-acc.sg dem-dist-gen.sg Låddávvre\gen.sg about<br />
‘Say something about this Låddávvre!’<br />
[pit080924.314]<br />
(58) bieja<br />
bieja<br />
pirunav<br />
piruna-v<br />
put\sg.imp potato-acc.sg<br />
‘Put the potato on the table!’<br />
bävvdaj<br />
bävvda-j<br />
table-ill.sg<br />
[pit101208.478]e<br />
Nonetheless, the standard phrase for ‘thank you’, shown in (59) in dual person,<br />
indicates that a constituent other than the finite verb may occur before a finite<br />
verb in imperative mood.<br />
(59) gijtov<br />
gijto-v<br />
adnen<br />
adne-n<br />
thank-acc.sg have-du.imp<br />
‘Thank you (two)!’ (lit.: have thanks!)<br />
15 Låddávvre is the name <strong>of</strong> a lake.<br />
[pit101208.292]e<br />
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