Older Kraliy

particle

Imperative particle. See notes.

Glosses: IMP (p, Imperative mood marker.)

Notes:

Used before a verb (typically a tenseless one) to issue a command. True imperatives with rəː assert the authority of the speaker over the listener and may result impolite in situations without such a clear power asymmetry. In such cases, the irrealis mood particles (i or j) may be used instead to issue a more polite command.

See also the volitive hɐ.

Sample usage:

« rəː nɐːhˈkjɐː ɐ ɨˈmiː, ki kuˈnuːnu!

"Listen, sheep,