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=====Modals===== | |||
Modal verbs follow the main verb. Modals include a wide range of expressions, such as ability, potentiality, similitude, desire, inclination, etc. | |||
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! !! Modal!! Meaning | |||
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! style=""| Potential | |||
| makan|| be able to, can | |||
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! style=""| Necessitive | |||
| nehái|| need to | |||
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! style=""| Desiderative | |||
| tasmi|| want to | |||
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! style=""| Conative | |||
| képorih|| to try to, attempt | |||
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! style=""| Inceptive | |||
| yari|| begin to | |||
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! style=""| Resumptive | |||
| kenoy|| again | |||
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Examples of usage of the modal verbs follow: | |||
{{Gloss | |||
|phrase = Kattá tuas képorih itá', yankór<ref>From reconstructed P-Nahenic *''wa=man=kor'' (CONN=SEQ=and.yet).</ref> seskoro sioykar ináka. | |||
| IPA = kat.'ta tuaʃ 'kɛpoɾɪɦ i'taʔ yan'koɾ 'ʃɛʃkoɾo 'ʃoɪkaɾ ɪ'naka | |||
| morphemes = kattá tuas képorih itá' yankór se=skoro sioykar iná-ka. | |||
| gloss = 1S.3S wash.out try AUX.TRN however reed=DEM.PROX good be-NEG. | |||
| translation = I'm trying to wash (the stain) out, but this reed brush isn't good. | |||
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====The Auxiliary ==== | ====The Auxiliary ==== | ||