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The Irrealis ''-hi'' is suffixed to the copula.  It is obligatory for all Future tenses.  It also surfaces in imperatives, yes-no questions which are marked with the ''-yo'' suffix, and in WH-questions when the event actually happening has not yet been established as having occurred; for example, ''Enket chire tā'itá?'', "Where did he die?" implies that the person's death is a fact, and it is only the location that is being inquired, versus ''Enket chire tā'itá-hi?'' implies that not only is the location unknown, but the person's actual death happening still remains to be established.  The ''-hi'' suffix is believed to be cognate with the Minhast Irrealis clitic ''=š''.
The Irrealis ''-hi'' is suffixed to the copula.  It is obligatory for all Future tenses.  It also surfaces in imperatives, yes-no questions which are marked with the ''-yo'' marker cliticizing to the first or second word of a sentence, as in ''Chire-yo tā'itá-hi?'' "Did he die?", and in WH-questions when the event actually happening has not yet been established as having occurred; for example, ''Enket chire tā'itá?'', "Where did he die?" implies that the person's death is a fact, and it is only the location that is being inquired, versus ''Enket chire tā'itá-hi?'' implies that not only is the location unknown, but the person's actual death happening still remains to be established.  The ''-hi'' suffix is believed to be cognate with the Minhast Irrealis clitic ''=š''.


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======Derivation ======