The
optative mood (abbreviated opt) is a grammatical mood that indicates a wish or hope. It is similar to the cohortative mood , and
Kaynak: Optative moodThe
optative mood, from Ancient Greek. grc |(énklisis) euktikḗ (inflection) for wishing and Latin. la | optātīvus (modus (way) of wishing is a
Kaynak: Optative (Ancient Greek)In the later language (from c.500BC), the subjunctive fell out of use, with the
optative or imperative being used instead, or merged with
Kaynak: Subjunctive moodSome examples of moods are indicative, interrogatory, imperative, emphatic, subjunctive, progressive, injunctive,
optative, potential.
Kaynak: Grammatical moodSome languages distinguish between the
optative mood and an imprecative mood (abbreviated imprec). whereas the
optative mood is used for
Kaynak: Imprecative moodAncient Greek verbs have four moods (indicative, imperative , subjunctive and
optative ), three voices (active , middle and passive ),
Kaynak: Ancient Greek verbsOptative:
Optative mood. The
optative mood expresses hopes, wishes or commands and has other uses that may overlap with the subjunctive mood.
Kaynak: Irrealis mood A wish about the future uses the
optative with or without a particle an
optative of wish may be unattainable. Past potential: The aorist
Kaynak: Aorist (Ancient Greek)For verbs in the active voice (parasmaipada), it is formed by adding endings very similar to the athematic
optative endings directly to
Kaynak: BenedictiveOptative Mood: The
optative mood (called the subjunctive in some grammars) in Armenian is identical in both dialects. There are two tenses
Kaynak: Armenian verbs All tenses could be conjugated in the subjunctive and
optative moods, in contrast to Classical Sanskrit, with no subjunctive and only a
Kaynak: Vedic Sanskrit grammarThe aorist form is used when addressing 2nd person (singular/plural) and aorist
optative in all other cases. Subjunctive. Expresses
Kaynak: Mingrelian grammaraoristic
optative | aoristic inferential
optative | aoristic conditional | future II | inversive inferential I | past of future II |
Kaynak: Laz grammarThe
optative and imperative are derived directly from the stem. Altogether, the schema is as follows: The formation of the tenses and moods
Kaynak: BurushaskiThe
optative mode usually has the same verb stem as the imperfective mode, although for some verbs the stem forms differ (in the example "
Kaynak: Navajo languageImperative and
Optative moods: The imperative mood is used to issue orders. It is always combined with the second person. The
optative is
Kaynak: Greenlandic language