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| Indicates the speaker is determined that the state or event shall be fulfilled; if accompanied by a negator, it conveys the meaning "never". The "-warāš-/-waraš-" forms occur when preceded by the Transitivizer ''-u''; in the Upper Minhast dialects, excluding the Seal and Elk Speaker dialects, the underlying ''n''-form of the Transitivizer surfaces, e.g. ''Ušneknesunwaraš'' ("I will definitely hit him!") | | Indicates the speaker is determined that the state or event shall be fulfilled; if accompanied by a negator, it conveys the meaning "never". The "-warāš-/-waraš-" forms occur when preceded by the Transitivizer ''-u''; in the Upper Minhast dialects, excluding the Seal and Elk Speaker dialects, the underlying ''n''-form of the Transitivizer surfaces, e.g. ''Ušneknesunwaraš'' ("I will definitely hit him!") | ||
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! rowspan=" | ! rowspan="7" | Deictics and Locationals | ||
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! Proximal | ! Proximal | ||
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! Invisible | ! Invisible | ||
| -hurtāhā | | -hurtāhā | ||
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! Cislocative | |||
| -sušma- | |||
| May also convey a ventive sense, e.g. "inward, inside" | |||
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! Translocative | |||
| -tarħa- | |||
| May also convey an andative sense, e.g. "outward, outside" | |||
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! colspan="2" | Emphatic Imperative | ! colspan="2" | Emphatic Imperative | ||
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# runa | # runa | ||
# damikmān | # damikmān<ref>C.f. Classical Minhast ''dam-km-ar-an'' (lit. they fell to the ground, spilled, scattered on the floor)</ref> | ||
| runa wa= | | runa wa= | ||
| warruna | | warruna | ||
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=== Ikkūne Mikayayya min Nattaxxawan's Jest === | ==== Ikkūne Mikayayya min Nattaxxawan's Jest ==== | ||
Ikkūne Nattaxxawan, the supreme leader of Salmon Speaker Country, was on his way to Prefect Annu's office to discuss the events of the Hara Incident. He and his entourage had to take a detour from the main road, which had been washed out by a typhoon. They encountered Sorvin, as the path from his farm intersected the narrow road Nattaxxawan's party had taken. Nattaxxawan and his entourage ultimately ignored Sorvin and continued on their way to Biktāt, the prefectural capital. | Ikkūne Nattaxxawan, the supreme leader of Salmon Speaker Country, was on his way to Prefect Annu's office to discuss the events of the Hara Incident. He and his entourage had to take a detour from the main road, which had been washed out by a typhoon. They encountered Sorvin, as the path from his farm intersected the narrow road Nattaxxawan's party had taken. Nattaxxawan and his entourage ultimately ignored Sorvin and continued on their way to Biktāt, the prefectural capital. | ||