Verse:Mwail/Old Gloob: Difference between revisions
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===Modal constructions=== | ===Modal constructions=== | ||
Themsaran is poor in true modal and auxiliary verbs; "adverbial" and "adjectival" modal constructions are more common. Deontic modalities tend to be expressed adjectivally, while situational and epistemic modalities tend to have adverbial expressions. | Themsaran is poor in true modal and auxiliary verbs; "adverbial" and "adjectival" modal constructions are more common. Deontic modalities tend to be expressed adjectivally, while situational and epistemic modalities tend to have adverbial expressions. All modal expressions come before the (negation-) lexical verb. | ||
====Modal adjectives==== | ====Modal adjectives==== | ||
*jalún: "advisable". | *jalún: "advisable". | ||