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 :PRES 1PL VI.PST choose.INF-2SG.H
 :''It's us whom you have chosen.''
-===''Mi''-infinitive clauses===
+===Modal expressions===
-All modal expressions use ''mi''-infinitive clauses are inherited from Proto-Idavic and have accusative alignment. Notably, they have OV word order, like German ''zu''-infinitive clauses and Irish ''a''-infinitive clauses.
+The modal expressions are the following:
+*''kórtha mi X'' = X wants
+*''idréen mi X'' = X needs
+*''falán għar X'' = X must
+*''għaaf mi X'' = X likes
+*''tłakhter għar X'' = X can
+*''khuméen X'' = X is permitted to
+All modal expressions use ''mi''-infinitive clauses:
 :Kórtha mi Mary, whádi mi hoshk
 :is_desired to Mary, milk to drink
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 :Mary likes drinking milk
-:Tłar'ter għar Mary, whádi mi hoshk
+:Tłakhter għar Mary, whádi mi hoshk
 :("method at Mary, songs to sing")
 :Mary can drink milk
-:Khúmin għar Mary, whádi mi hoshk
+:Khuméen Mary, whádi mi hoshk
-:("permission at Mary, songs to sing")
+:("permitted [is] Mary, songs to sing")
 :Mary is permitted to rink milk/Mary darf Milch trinken