Volitive modality (abbreviated VOL) is a linguistic modality that indicates the desires, wishes or fears of the speaker.
Examples are the optative, desiderative and imprecative moods.
[1] However, many languages (like English) have other ways to express volitive modality, for example modal verbs ("Wish that you were here!
Esperanto has a volitive verb form that is formed by adding a -u to the verb stem and used to indicate that an action or state is desired, requested, ordered, or aimed for.
[2] The verb form is formally called volitive,[3][4] but in practice, it can be seen as a broader deontic form, rather than a pure volitive form, since it is also used to express orders and commands besides wishes and desires.