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{{Um-Box}} | {{Um-Box}} | ||
:{| {{style|center}} | :{| {{style|center}} | ||
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! English example | ! English example | ||
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! rowspan=2 | Requestal | ! rowspan=2 | Requestal<br>Desirative | ||
| rowspan=8 | Base | | rowspan=8 | Base | ||
| rowspan=4 | Optative | | rowspan=4 | Optative | ||
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| Positive | | Positive | ||
| '''REQ'''(x) | | '''REQ'''(x) | ||
| Subject requests the action | | Subject requests or desires the action | ||
| You '''may''' leave | | You '''may''' leave | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Negative | | Negative | ||
| '''REQ'''(¬x) | | '''REQ'''(¬x) | ||
| Subject requests the negation of the action | | Subject requests or desires the negation of the action | ||
| You '''may not''' leave | | You '''may not''' leave | ||
|- | |- | ||
! rowspan=2 | | ! rowspan=2 | Undesirative | ||
| rowspan=2 | Negative | | rowspan=2 | Negative | ||
| Positive | | Positive | ||
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| He '''must'nt not''' leave. | | He '''must'nt not''' leave. | ||
|- | |- | ||
! rowspan=2 | | ! rowspan=2 | Possible Irrealis | ||
| rowspan=4 | Subjunctive | | rowspan=4 | Subjunctive | ||
| rowspan=2 | Positive | | rowspan=2 | Positive | ||
| Positive | | Positive | ||
| | | '''COULD'''(x) | ||
| | | The state of things is possible and might be the case | ||
| He '''could''' be there | |||
|- | |- | ||
| Negative | | Negative | ||
| | | '''COULD'''(¬x) | ||
| | | The state of things is possible and might not be the case | ||
| He '''could''' be '''not''' there | |||
|- | |- | ||
! rowspan=2 | | ! rowspan=2 | Counter-factual | ||
| rowspan=2 | Negative | | rowspan=2 | Negative | ||
| Positive | | Positive | ||
| | | ¬'''COULD'''(x) | ||
| The state of things shouldn't be as it is but might be the case anyway | |||
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|- | |- | ||
| Negative | | Negative | ||
| | | ¬'''COULD'''(¬x) | ||
| The state of things shouldn't be as it is and might be not the case aswell. | |||
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