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   * Various //Hortative// modalities, similar to imperative, but with less obligatory sense: "You should go with us" => "Maug ukhut fizûr daksha" vs. Imperative "Go with us!" => "Ukh daksha!";
   * //Jussive mood// -- order to 2nd person to allow/permit/forbid 3rd person to do something: "Let them fall" => "Dabhul lûmput"
-  * //Precative// modality - similar to Jussive, but speaker asks 2nd person to allow to do something for himself, usually to express polite requests: "Let me finish this" => "Dabhiz gorzut za"
+  * //Precative// modality -- similar to Jussive, but speaker asks 2nd person to allow to do something for himself, usually to express polite requests: "Let me finish this" => "Dabhiz gorzut za"
   * //Optative mood// -- wishes, blessings and curses with very special form (the verb "gâkh" in imperative with main verb also in imperative): "May the force be with you!" => "Gâkh balum kul fisha!", "Long live the king!" => "Gâkh arn kîb rodharz"
   * Condition of //Presumptive// modality: "be it so" => "kulanzash", "suppose (that) ..." => "ton (zamash)"

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