Jussive mood
Encyclopedia
The jussive is a grammatical mood
of verb
s for issuing orders, commanding, or exhorting (within a subjunctive framework). English verbs are not marked for this mood. Whereas the cohortative applies to the first person
(by appeal to the object's duties and obligations) and the imperative
to the second (by command), the jussive typically covers the first and third persons, as well as orders (by their author's wish) in the mandative subjunctive
.
subjunctive can convey jussive meaning in the third person (jussive subjunctive or coniunctivus iussivus):
, as seen in the sentence:
Grammatical mood
In linguistics, grammatical mood is a grammatical feature of verbs, used to signal modality. That is, it is the use of verbal inflections that allow speakers to express their attitude toward what they are saying...
of verb
Verb
A verb, from the Latin verbum meaning word, is a word that in syntax conveys an action , or a state of being . In the usual description of English, the basic form, with or without the particle to, is the infinitive...
s for issuing orders, commanding, or exhorting (within a subjunctive framework). English verbs are not marked for this mood. Whereas the cohortative applies to the first person
Grammatical person
Grammatical person, in linguistics, is deictic reference to a participant in an event; such as the speaker, the addressee, or others. Grammatical person typically defines a language's set of personal pronouns...
(by appeal to the object's duties and obligations) and the imperative
Imperative mood
The imperative mood expresses commands or requests as a grammatical mood. These commands or requests urge the audience to act a certain way. It also may signal a prohibition, permission, or any other kind of exhortation.- Morphology :...
to the second (by command), the jussive typically covers the first and third persons, as well as orders (by their author's wish) in the mandative subjunctive
Subjunctive mood
In grammar, the subjunctive mood is a verb mood typically used in subordinate clauses to express various states of irreality such as wish, emotion, possibility, judgment, opinion, necessity, or action that has not yet occurred....
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Latin
In the Latin language, the presentPresent tense
The present tense is a grammatical tense that locates a situation or event in present time. This linguistic definition refers to a concept that indicates a feature of the meaning of a verb...
subjunctive can convey jussive meaning in the third person (jussive subjunctive or coniunctivus iussivus):
- Adiuvet "He shall help."
- Veniant "They shall come."
Korean
The jussive mood, in the form of the exhortative, can be found in KoreanKorean language
Korean is the official language of the country Korea, in both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing...
, as seen in the sentence: