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===Hungarian=== This mood in Hungarian is generally used to express polite demands and suggestions. The endings are identical between imperative, conjunctive and subjunctive; it is therefore often called the conjunctive-imperative mood. Examples: * {{lang|hu|Add nekem!}} – 'Give it to me.' – demand * {{lang|hu|Menjünk!}} – 'Let's go.' – suggestion * {{lang|hu|Menjek?}} – 'Shall I go?' – suggestion or question * {{lang|hu|Menj!}} – 'Go!' – demand Note that "demand" is nowhere near as rude as it might sound in English. It is a polite but firm request, but not as polite as, say, "would you...". The characteristic letter in its ending is {{lang|hu|-j-}}, and in the definite conjunctive conjugation the endings appear very similar to those of singular possession, with a leading letter {{lang|hu|-j-}}. An unusual feature of the mood's endings is that there exist a short and a long form for the second person singular (i.e., "you"). The formation of this for regular verbs differs between the indefinite and definite: the indefinite requires just the addition of {{lang|hu|-j}}, which differs from the longer ending in that the last two sounds are omitted ({{lang|hu|-j}} and not {{lang|hu|-jél}} for example in {{lang|hu|menj}} above, cf. {{lang|hu|menjél}}). The short version of the definite form also drops two letters, but another two. It drops, for example: the {{lang|hu|-ja-}} in {{lang|hu|-jad}}, leaving just {{lang|hu|-d}}, as can be seen in {{lang|hu|add}} above (instead of {{lang|hu|adjad}}). There are several groups of exceptions involving verbs that end in {{lang|hu|-t}}. The rules for how this letter, and a preceding letter, should change when the subjunctive endings are applied are quite complicated, see the article [[Hungarian verbs#Forms of the subjunctive|Hungarian verbs]]. As usual, gemination of a final sibilant consonant is demonstrated when a {{lang|hu|j}}-initial ending is applied: :{{lang|hu|mo'''s'''}} + -{{lang|hu|'''j'''ak}} gives {{lang|hu|mos'''s'''ak}} 'let me wash' ({{lang|hu|-j-}} changes to {{lang|hu|-s-}}) When referring to the demands of others, the subjunctive is demonstrated: :{{lang|hu|kérte, hogy '''menjek'''.}} 'He asked that I go. (He asked me to go.)' Here, "I go" is in the subjunctive.
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