Mandarin imperative profile (WALS Chs 70, 71, 72, 73) #
@cite{wals-2013}
Mandarin Chinese: no morphological imperative (commands via bare verb, intonation, sentence-final particles ba, a); special prohibitive particle bie (别), distinct from declarative bu/mei — coded as Type 2 (special negation); no hortative or jussive morphology; no optative.
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