Desiderative mood

In linguistics, a desiderative (abbreviated desi or des) form is one that has the meaning of "wanting to X". Desiderative forms are often verbs, derived from a more basic verb through a process of morphological derivation. Desiderative mood is a kind of volitive mood.

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