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Exercise 3a: Translate
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| 1. Don't buy (2s) this old car. Buy
a new one! |
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| 2. Don't buy (2p) old cars. Buy new
ones! |
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| 3. Sit down (2s) under this big tree! |
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| 4. Come sit down (2s) under this big
tree! (movement towards speaker) |
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| 5. Take (2s) a short hoe to (= kõ)
the field! |
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| 6. Take (2s) all the long hoes to (=
kõ)
the field! |
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| 7. Put on (2s) the red dress! |
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| 8. Eat (= drink/2s) this delicious soup! |
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| 9. Please buy some sweet oranges for
(= ma)
me! |
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| 10. A: How much are these oranges? B:
1000 cedis for 5. A: That is very much. Lower the price a bit! |
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Exercise 3b: Form the above imperatives into
the optative!
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| 1. You (2s) shouldn't buy this old car.
You should buy a new one! |
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| 2. You (2p) shouldn't buy old cars!
You should buy new ones! |
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| 3. You (2s) should sit under this big
tree! |
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| 4. You (2s) should come sit under this
big tree! (movement towards speaker) |
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| 5. You (2s) should take a short hoe
to the field! |
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| 6. You (2s) should take all the long
hoes to the field! |
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| 7. You (2s) should put on the red dress! |
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| 8. You (2s) should drink this delicious
soup! |
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| 9. You (2s) should buy some sweet oranges
for me! |
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| 10. You should lower the price! |
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