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Ladekwa Imperatives


Imperatives in Ladekwa remind of a middle voice:

Jepumpamoy dayfo.

ENG: Open the window.
ITN: Si apra la finestra.

I can't understand why no way to express the agent.

A lot of languages do express it (either dufa or lidufa), and I think
Ladekwa should comply:

*Jepumpamoy dufa dayfo.
*Jepumpamoymbe dayfo.

This would also make parsing easier, as verbs would keep their valency.

Can someone find a good reason for this Ladekwa feature?