246. A permissive and prohibitive mood is formed by,—
a. 得 tuh.
- 看得 k’ön‘ tuh, you may look at.
- 看勿得 k’ön‘ veh tuh, you may not look.
b. 好 ’hau, and 可以 ’k’ó ’í, also give a permissive sense.
- 好進去杏 ’hau tsing‘ k’i‘ ’vá, may I enter?
- 勿好出去 veh ’hau t’seh k’i‘, you must not go out.
- 可以吃得 ’k’ó ’í k’iuk tuh, you may eat it.
247. An optative mode of the verb is formed by pó veh tuh, and hng‘ veh tuh. (恨 hng‘, west of Shánghái hung‘).
- 我巴勿得快點到 ’ngú pó veh tuh k’wa‘ ’tíen tau‘, would that I could arrive quickly.
- 恨勿得做好 hng‘ veh tuh tsú‘ ’hau, I wish I could do it.
248. The imperative (1) in its negative form takes 要 yau‘, want, with the common negative particle 勿 veh.
- 勿要閙 veh yau‘ nau‘, do not be noisy.
(2.) The affirmative form of the imperative is expressed by the verb alone, or by 末者 meh ’tsé, or 罷 pá‘ appended sometimes to a few verbs.