Editing Manchu language (section)

===== Optative =====
The [[Optative mood|optative]] in ''-ki'' expresses an action that the speaker wishes or intends to see performed – either by themselves or by others. Its meaning is sometimes akin to that of Chinese ''yào'' {{lang|zh-Hani|要}}. Thus ''bi geneki'' means "I will go", whereas ''i geneki'' means "Let him go". Other examples are ''araki'' "I will/want to write", ''alaki'' "I will/want to say", ''bi manju gisun be taciki'' "I will/want to learn Manchu", ''fa hūbalaki''  "I will paper over the windows“, ''teki'' "please, sit down".<ref>Gorelova 2002, 293f., 295, 299f.; Haenisch 1986, 58; Möllendorff 1892, 9.</ref> When the optative refers to the second or third person, its meaning is close to that of an imperative. When it refers to an action that hasn't yet taken place, it also has the additional meaning of future.<ref>Gorelova 2002, 295.</ref>