Imperative in option messages?
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Fragment of a discussion from Portal talk:Os/LiquidThreads
Your main two points (I've listed both, you cite one) are:
- „all others do that way“ (and that's not true) and
- „computer shows us options, of which we choose one clicking on it“ (and that's only one way to describe the machine-man interaction).
Moreover, options could be shown in plural 2nd person (ном баивæм), in imperative (ном баив) or by an infinitive (ном баивын). Since imperative is the verb root in Ossetic, it's evidently better (it's natural, it's shorter and showing just sense, no grammar) and it's been in long use.
Хæрзæхсæв кæ.