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‎Optional and Obligatory Subjects

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‎Overview

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‎Overview

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‎Overview

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‎Overview

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‎Optional and Obligatory Subjects

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‎Negative Imperatives

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‎Optional and Obligatory Subjects

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 ==Optional and Obligatory Subjects==
-For the second person forms, the subject is optional:
+For the second person forms, the subject is optional. When the optional subject is used in these sentences, the subject becomes emphatic and the sentence is called a "particularizing imperative":
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-When the optional subject is used in these sentences, the subject becomes emphatic and the sentence is called a "particularizing imperative". However, when the third person form is used, then the subject becomes obligatory, either in pronominal form or as a noun.
+However, when the third person form is used, then the subject becomes obligatory, either in pronominal form or as a noun.
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-|suidh!
+|Suidh!
 |-
 |sit.imp!

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 There are three main types of ''deference'' in SG imperatives, ranging from a very polite request to an overt command:
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 |Nach
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-Polite:
+'''Polite:'''
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-Overt Command:
+'''Overt Command:'''
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 There are three main types of ''deference'' in SG imperatives, ranging from a very polite request to an overt command:
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 |-
 |colspan=7|'Won't you make a sitting?'
 |}

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−	Even though there are imperative forms for all different person and number features on the verb, the youth tend to only use the second person singular and plural.	+	Even though there are imperative forms for all different person and number features on the verb, the youth tend to only use the second person singular and plural.
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		+	There are three main types of ''deference'' in SG imperatives, ranging from a very polite request to an overt command:
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		+	{\|
		+	\|Nach
		+	\|dèan
		+	\|sibh
		+	\|suidhe?
		+	\|-
		+	\|NEG
		+	\|make
		+	\|2p
		+	\|sit.vn?
		+	\|-
		+	\|colspan=7\|'Won't you make a sitting?'
		+	\|}

	==Optional and Obligatory Subjects==		==Optional and Obligatory Subjects==

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	*For a definition of Imperatives see [[Imperative Mood (definition)]].		*For a definition of Imperatives see [[Imperative Mood (definition)]].
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		+	==Overview==

	The imperative paradigm for the verb 'to put' is as follows:		The imperative paradigm for the verb 'to put' is as follows:

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 |"Let John stand up!"
 |}
 When a noun is used, we say that this is an "identifying imperative". A single imperative can incorporate both the "identifying" and "particularizing" features:

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 The imperative paradigm for the verb 'to put' is as follows:
-{|:
+{|border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
 |''cuirim''
 |let me put

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 Negative imperatives are created by placing the negative particle ''na'' in front of the verb:
+{|
-Na ith ''don't eat''
+|Na
 ==External Links==

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 |2s.emph
 |-
-|"'You' stand up!"
+|"''You'' stand up!"
 |}
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 |Iain
 |-
-|"'You' stand up, John!"
+|"''You'' stand up, John!"
 |}