1.3.1.6. Recommendations

The imperative form may also be employed to express a recommendation to do or not to do something, for example if the speaker has a concern that a future event can damage the interlocutor, as in the following sentence.

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    fe

         CL(closed 5): โ€˜drive_motorbike_fastโ€™ not CL(closed 5): โ€˜drive_motorbikeโ€™ CL(G): โ€˜speed_raiseโ€™ judgement

         โ€˜Donโ€™t go fast with your motorbike, drive at the right speed!โ€™

 

In this sentence as well, the only marker of imperative is the non-manual marking, namely furrowed eyebrows (fe).