For example, in the Aaronide blessing, only two of the six verbs are formally jussives, yet all have the same volitional sense.

As far as the jussive goes — ignoring the very few occurrences of this in first person — it can be noted that most of the second-person jussives are in negative commands.

If, on the other hand, reference is made purely to the root, we would expect all frequentative jussives to appear with a front element, producing *mɨt′ət′ɨs instead of mɨt′ət′ɨs (19d).

The jussive and cohortative usually convey more indirect, or more subtle, expressions of volition than the imperative does.

Jussive

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Noun

Adj

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