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*Affirmative: "Imperative Affirmative" - e.g. ''tág'' "go!" | *Affirmative: "Imperative Affirmative" - e.g. ''tág'' "go!" | ||
*Negative: ''há'' + "Imperative Negative" - e.g. ''há tághin'' "do not go!" | *Negative: ''há'' + "Imperative Negative" - e.g. ''há tághin'' "do not go!" | ||
====Potential/Assumptive==== | <!--====Potential/Assumptive==== | ||
*Used for an action/state assumed to be true or that is a possibility. It may be used for the past, present, or future. | *Used for an action/state assumed to be true or that is a possibility. It may be used for the past, present, or future. | ||
*Affirmative: | *Affirmative: | ||
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**Future: ''dooni''/''rapi'' - e.g. ''us tághi rape'' "he must/may be about to go" | **Future: ''dooni''/''rapi'' - e.g. ''us tághi rape'' "he must/may be about to go" | ||
**Present: ''-aashi'' (only for dynamic verbs) - e.g. ''us tághaashe'' "he must/may be going" | **Present: ''-aashi'' (only for dynamic verbs) - e.g. ''us tághaashe'' "he must/may be going" | ||
**Stative verbs have distinct past and present forms - e.g ''us arke'' "he must/may see", ''us arkaaye'' "he must/may have seen" | **Stative verbs have distinct past and present forms - e.g ''us arke'' "he must/may see", ''us arkaaye'' "he must/may have seen"--> | ||
====Potential==== | |||
*Used for an action/state that might occur in the future. It is optionally preceded or followed by the assumptive particle ''shoẃ''. | |||
**Classes I & II: Past affirmative with ''-i'' replaced by ''-e'' - e.g. ''(shoẃ) us taghe'' / ''us taghi shoẃ'' "he might go" | |||
**Class III: Identical to the corresponding Conjugation 4B form - e.g. ''us ahaathe'' "he might become" | |||
====Assumptive==== | |||
*Used for an action/state that is assumed to have probably occurred in the past. It is equivalent to the simple past preceded or followed by the assumptive particle ''shoẃ''. | |||
:e.g. ''shoẃ us taghi'' / ''us taghi shoẃ'' "he must have gone" | |||
===Compound Forms=== | ===Compound Forms=== | ||