| Celinese |
The imperative is formed by removing the present infinitive ending (-í) and then adding the imperative infinitive (-ú) in its place. Fú, from fí, means 'to have to do' and 'I must do'. Personal endings like those of every other tense and mood are added to this infinitive that apply not only to the 2nd person but to all - byrús (walk! or you must walk!), byrúot (ye must walk!), byrún (they must walk), byrúm (we must walk.)
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| Shokitin |
The imperative and hortative moods share common verb morphology, which (like the indicative and other moods) marks plurality of the subject only when formal and/or negative. Person is never marked (in any paradigm). However, since the distinction between hortative and imperative is precisely between second-person and non-second-person, the imperative and hortative do not share any same-person and same-number morphology, thus the form qualifies as dedicated morphology. (The imperative and hortative moods, while marked the same way on the verb, have different syntax).
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