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====Potential==== | ====Potential==== | ||
The '''potential mood''' indicates that, in the opinion of the speaker, one has the ability or capability to do something. It should not be confused with the [[w:Subjunctive mood|subjunctive mood]], which may be used to express that something is likely or possible to occur. The potential always deals with ability. It may be formed from the ''t-stem'' of a verb, plus the thematic vowel ''-a-'' (as opposed to the [[w:Causative|causative voice]], which is formed with the ''t-stem'' plus the thematic vowel ''-i-''). Like the desiderative, there are three main paradigms by which the ''t-stem'' of a verb is formed; | The '''potential mood''' indicates that, in the opinion of the speaker, one has the ability or capability to do something. It should not be confused with the [[w:Subjunctive mood|subjunctive mood]], which may be used to express that something is likely or possible to occur. The potential always deals with ability. It may be formed from the ''t-stem'' of a verb, plus the thematic vowel ''-a-'' (as opposed to the [[w:Causative|causative voice]], which is formed with the ''t-stem'' plus the thematic vowel ''-i-''). Like the desiderative, there are three main paradigms by which the ''t-stem'' of a verb is formed; | ||
:*''-t-'' is appended to the root, causing no other alteration to the root. | |||
::: '''''{{term|requiȥ}}''''' ("they return me") → '''''reqtaȥ''''' ("they can return me") | |||
:::'''''{{term|saepiȥ}}''''' ("they are cutting me") → '''''saeptaȥ''''' ("they can cut me") | |||
:*''-t-'' is appended after a theme vowel. | |||
:::'''''{{term|praeffiliaȥ}}''''' ("they are paying me") → '''''praeffiliātaȥ''''' ("they can pay me") | |||
:::'''''{{term|augeȥ}}''''' ("they are looking at me") → '''''augitaȥ''''' ("they can look at me") | |||
:*''-t-'' is appended to the root, causing some alteration to the root, and perhaps the ''-t-'' augment as well. | |||
:::'''''{{term|iuvaȥ}}''''' ("they are writing me") → '''''iūtaȥ''''' ("they can write me") | |||
:::'''''{{term|mendiȥ}}''''' ("they are healing me") → '''''mēnsaȥ''''' ("they can heal me") | |||
It should be noted that in the causative voice of the potential mood, the first ''-t-'' augment often dissimilates to ''-s/ss-''; | |||
::'''''augitiȥ''''' ("they let me look at it") → ''**augitītaȥ'' → '''''augissītaȥ''''' ("they can let me look at it") | |||
::'''''reqtiȥ''''' ("they let me return it") → ''**reqtītaȥ'' → '''''reξītaȥ''''' ("they can let me return it") | |||
===Voice=== | ===Voice=== | ||