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m (Corrected placement of Irrealis in relation to the Deictics; also added some commentary in the Deictics section) |
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| -dur- <br/> -dūr- | | -dur- <br/> -dūr- | ||
| Indicates the clause is a direct result of the preceding clause. May or may not be preceded by a ''-mā'' clause. If the Irrealis ''-š'' is attached, the affix's final consonant elides to the Irrealis, yielding the form ''-duš/dūš''. This affix allows for the breaking of the S/O pivot. | | Indicates the clause is a direct result of the preceding clause. May or may not be preceded by a ''-mā'' clause. If the Irrealis ''-š'' is attached, the affix's final consonant elides to the Irrealis, yielding the form ''-duš/dūš''. This affix allows for the breaking of the S/O pivot. | ||
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! rowspan="5" | Deictics | ! rowspan="5" | Deictics | ||
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! Proximal | ! Proximal | ||
| -sāhā<br/>-asāhā<br/>-ssāhā | | -sāhā<br/>-asāhā<br/>-ssāhā | ||
| rowspan="4"| These forms are found only in the Salmonic and Horse Speaker dialects, and Classical Minhast. These lects do not have the deictic affixes found in the Preverb 2 slot, although the meanings and usage are virtually identical. | | rowspan="4"| These forms are found only in the Salmonic and Horse Speaker dialects, and Classical Minhast. These lects do not have the deictic affixes found in the Preverb 2 slot, although the meanings and usage are virtually identical. They are listed here because of Classical Minhast's prestige status.<br/><br/> To complicate matters further, the Gull Speaker dialect has its deictic verbal affixes in this slot too, but their forms are different. | ||
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! Medio-Proximal | ! Medio-Proximal | ||
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! Invisible | ! Invisible | ||
| -hurtāhā | | -hurtāhā | ||
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! colspan="2" |Irrealis | |||
| -š- | |||
| This affix marks the VP as an unrealized and/or hypothetical state or event. It is used in interrogatives, hortatives, and imperatives. Additionally, this affix, combined with the Consequential affix and certain sentential particles to form hypothetical and conterfactual clauses. This affix tends to elide any consonant before it; when it does, the vowel is lengthened, although this is usually not reflected in the orthography. | |||
<br/>The Irrealis is required with certain affixes, such as the Desiderative and allied forms, the Conative, the Inclinative, and the Future tenses. | |||
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! colspan="2" height="70" | Nominalizer | ! colspan="2" height="70" | Nominalizer | ||