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Dominik Rus (2005). Embedded Imperatives in Slovenian.
URL: http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/portnerp/nsfsite/Rus_Slovenian_Imperatives.pdf
(Last accessed 2009-07-23).
ODIN: http://odin.linguistlist.org/igt_raw.php?id= 2947&langcode=slv (2021-06-26).
Example #1:
(10) a. Naj dela!
naj work-3SG PRES IND
`Let him work'/'He should work'
Example #2:
(11) a. Ukazal mu je, (da) naj dela!
ordered him is (that) naj work- 3SG PRES IND
`He ordered him to work.'
Example #3:
b. Naro_il mu je, (da) naj bi delal.
ordered him is (that) naj be-COND worked-SG MASC
`He told him that he should work'
Example #4:
(15) a. Potem pa _e komu zaupaj.
then part part whom trust- 2SG IMP
[intended meaning: `It is impossible to trust anybody.'
Example #5:
(16) a. Ukazal mi je, (da) naj delam.
ordered me is (that) naj work-1SG PRES IND
`He ordered me to work/He told me that I must work.'
Example #6:
b. Ukazal mi je delati.
ordered me is work- INF
`He ordered me to work.'
Example #7:
c. *Ukazal mi je, da delati.
ordered me is that work- INF
`He ordered me to work.'
Example #8:
(17) Ukazal je, da delaj.
ordered is that work- 2SG IMP
`He ordered you to work/that you just work'
Example #9:
b. Vztrajal je, da ga pokli_i
insisted is that him-CL-ACC call- 2SG IMP
`He insisted that you must call him.'
Example #10:
(31) a. Knjige jim berite.
books them-CL read-IMP
Read them books!