254. For expressions of command, exhortation, entreaty, etc., there
is an "imperative mood", as in English. The ending of the imperative
mood is "-u". Beside the aoristic tense, six compound tenses are formed
by combining the participles with the imperative mood "estu" of the
auxiliary verb, but these tenses are seldom used. The conjugation of
"vidi" in the aoristic tense of this mood, together with a synopsis in
the compound tenses, is as follows:
Aoristic Tense.
mi vidu! = let me see! ni vidu! = let us see!
(vi) vidu! = (you) see! (vi) vidu! = (you) see!
li (sxi, gxi) vidu! = ili vidu! = let them see!
let him (her, it) see!
Compound Tenses.
Active. Passive.
Present: mi estu vidanta Present: mi estu vidata
Past: mi estu vidinta Past: mi estu vidita
Future: mi estu vidonta Future: mi estu vidota