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. All modal expressions come before the (negation-) lexical verb (e.g. ''Jêr méŧar nesaréch šyrfāmâst!'' "How dare you kill my brothers!") | 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 (e.g. ''Jêr méŧar nesaréch šyrfāmâst!'' "How dare you kill my brothers!", note that the verb is in the preterite). | ||
====Modal adjectives==== | ====Modal adjectives==== | ||
*jalún: "advisable". | *jalún: "advisable". | ||