Turkish
The optative in Turkish is part of the wish-must case (dilek-şart kipi) which reflects the command, desire, necessity, or wish. It has several semantic nuances. For instance, the word for „to come“ (infinitive: gelmek) is modified in the optative to geleyim. This creates also a one-word sentence and means according to the context
- I may come.
- I come (sometime).
- I want to come (sometime).
- I should (sometime) come.
The four exising grammatical cases are.
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