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"sense": "imperative mood",
"word": "祈使語氣"
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{
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"roman": "prostaktikí",
"sense": "imperative mood",
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{
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"word": "felszólító mód"
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"sense": "imperative mood",
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"word": "bh."
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"sense": "imperative mood",
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"word": "imperativo"
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"sense": "imperative mood",
"word": "命令法"
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"code": "km",
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"roman": "ʼaanat",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"word": "អាណត្តិ"
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"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "myeongnyeongbeop",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"word": "명령법"
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"sense": "imperative mood",
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"word": "tūhau"
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"sense": "imperative mood",
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "amri",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"word": "امری"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "imperative mood",
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"word": "tryb rozkazujący"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"tags": [
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"word": "imperativo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "imperative mood",
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],
"word": "mod imperativ"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "povelítelʹnoje naklonénije",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "повели́тельное наклоне́ние"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "imperatív",
"sense": "imperative mood",
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],
"word": "императи́в"
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{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "modh àithneach"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
"word": "и̏мператӣв"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ȉmperatīv"
},
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"tags": [
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"word": "rozkazovací spôsob"
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"word": "velelnik"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "imperative mood",
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"word": "modo imperativo"
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"word": "panaganong pautos"
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{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "skul tshigs",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"word": "སྐུལ་ཚིགས"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"word": "emir kipi"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nakazóvyj spósib",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "наказо́вий спо́сіб"
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"word": "հրամայական եղանակ"
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"roman": "zahádny lad",
"sense": "imperative mood",
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"roman": "povelítelno naklonénie",
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"sense": "imperative mood",
"word": "祈使語氣"
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"roman": "qíshǐ yǔqì",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"word": "祈使语气"
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{
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"tags": [
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"sense": "imperative mood",
"word": "命令法"
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"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ʼaanat",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"word": "អាណត្តិ"
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"roman": "myeongnyeongbeop",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"word": "명령법"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "imperative mood",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"sense": "imperative mood",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "bebēodendlīċ ġemet"
},
{
"code": "fro",
"lang": "Old French",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "imperatif"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "amri",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"word": "امری"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tryb rozkazujący"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rozkaźnik"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "imperatiwus"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "imperativus"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "imperativo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "mod imperativ"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "imperativ"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "povelítelʹnoje naklonénije",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "повели́тельное наклоне́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "imperatív",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "императи́в"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "modh àithneach"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "и̏мператӣв"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ȉmperatīv"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rozkazovací spôsob"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "imperatív"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "velelnik"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "modo imperativo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "imperativ"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"word": "panaganong pautos"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "skul tshigs",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"word": "སྐུལ་ཚིགས"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"word": "emir kipi"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nakazóvyj spósib",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "наказо́вий спо́сіб"
},
{
"alt": "命令式",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "imperative mood",
"word": "mệnh lệnh thức"
}
],
"word": "imperative mood"
}
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