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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. | ||
====Modal adjectives==== | ====Modal adjectives==== | ||
*jalún: "advisable". | |||
*re̋dám: "necessary", used to express need to do something. | |||
*širŋúr: "required/compulsory"; moral obligation, "ought to". | |||
====Modal adverbs==== | ====Modal adverbs==== | ||
*''ŋídâ'': "ably", used to express ability to do something. | *''ŋídâ'': "ably", used to express ability to do something. | ||