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Sceptrian auxiliary verbs can either precede (dynamic) or come after ( | In Sceptrian, conjugated auxiliary verbs can either precede (dynamic, deontic) or come after (epistemic) different verb infinitives. | ||
*''tut | *''tut'' "want" (from ''tuta'' "craving, wish"): ''Jantutoin kepoudi.'' (I wanted to wash it.) | ||
**infinitive in lative case for "want something to be done": '' | **infinitive in lative case for "want something to be done": ''Antuton kepordiki.'' (I want it to be washed.) | ||
**be going to (FUT) | **"be going to" (FUT): ''Titar latepordi.'' (I'm going to dance.) | ||
**wish (SBJV) | **"wish" (SBJV) mostly as the subjunctive of the absent ''to be''-verb: ''Antutuuten khau.'' (I wish you were here) | ||
*''mép | *''mép'' "can, know how to" (dynamic) (from ''mépi'' "skill"): ''mépa latepodi'' ("I can dance"; notice gnomic-static mood) | ||
*can, may (deontic) | *''kuut'' "can, may" (deontic / epistemic) (from ''kuutó'' "possibility"): ''Kuutest rotordi.'' (You may leave.), ''Fendógópot kuutó pai.'' (He may unexpectedly be dead.) | ||
**particle ''nor'' added after the verb for lower possibility i.e. "could, might": ''Fendógópi kuut nor.'' (It might be dead.) | |||
**particle ''ga'' added for "should, must": ''Fendógópi kuut ga.'' (It should be dead, as we wanted.) | |||
* | *''khet'' "must" (deontic) (from ''kheti'' "necessity"): ''Khetan rotodi.'' (I must go now), ''Khetar rotordi.'' (I must go soon) | ||
*should, | *''khurd'' "dare" (from ''khurdi'' "daring"): ''¿Ekhurda glerkékodi na?'' (Do you dare hit with a mace?) | ||
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