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Themsaran is poor in true modal and auxiliary verbs; "adverbial" and "adjectival" modal constructions are more common. | Themsaran is poor in true modal and auxiliary verbs; "adverbial" and "adjectival" modal constructions are more common. | ||
====Modal adjectives==== | ====Modal adjectives==== | ||
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*''ŋídâ'': "ably", used to express ability to do something. | |||
*''alzên'': "surely", used to express certainty by implication (English epistemic "must"). | |||
====Modal verbs==== | ====Modal verbs==== | ||
"To want" is ''sréŋî''. It is used with a verb in the first infinitive, always with a subject possessor: (''Sréŋȉ mispasén d'insé'' "I want to travel in a city", lit. "I want my traveling in a city") | "To want" is ''sréŋî''. It is used with a verb in the first infinitive, always with a subject possessor: (''Sréŋȉ mispasén d'insé'' "I want to travel in a city", lit. "I want my traveling in a city") | ||