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Originally Posted by Decimus
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Yes, it is a polite way of saying "good night", and while it is neither an order nor a request, it is still, technically, in the "imperative mood".
Of course, I'm splitting hairs at this point, and this argument is no doubt detrimental to the OP's understanding (and hence should be ignored by the him) but I would like to reiterate that robhol was technically correct.
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And here something you said earlier, which is what I am saying. おやすみなさい is not a command or request... so while it is technically in the imperative form, it is not interpreted to mean "go to bed" or "please go to bed".. which robhol just said.. it is an imperative.. he did not say it is "in imperative form but does not have an imperative meaning". So.. when somebody says its an apple.. they usually mean its an apple.. but I suppose we need robhol to confirm this.
Anyhow I think we have been on two different wavelengths this whole time. So if you wanna drop it than thats fine with me.