Conlangery #134: Converbs
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Ocuna - The Word for Please Shows Up in the Converb Form
The word for please in Ocuna comes at the very end of the clause. In Turkic languages, it is extremely common for there to be a benefactive or also an auto-benef Active which will just skip over that where I did this action for someone. So another way that politeness can get involved with your converbs. And that is in polite commands or polite requests.
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