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 Relative form with word-order and prefix? + formal register particle
-====Modal verbs====
+====Auxiliary verbs====
-Sceptrian auxiliary verbs can either precede (dynamic) or come after (deontic, epistemic) different verb infinitives.
+In Sceptrian, conjugated auxiliary verbs can either precede (dynamic, deontic) or come after (epistemic) different verb infinitives.
-*''tut(a)'' want (from ''tuta'' "craving, wish"): ''jantutoin kepoudi'' (I wanted to wash it)
+*''tut'' "want" (from ''tuta'' "craving, wish"): ''Jantutoin kepoudi.'' (I wanted to wash it.)
-**infinitive in lative case for "want something to be done": ''antuton kepordiki'' (I want it to be washed)
+**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(i)'' can, know how to (dynamic) (from ''mépi'' "skill")
+*''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.)
-* can (epistemic) = gnomic mood?
+**particle ''nor'' added after the verb for lower possibility i.e. "could, might": ''Fendógópi kuut nor.'' (It might be dead.)
-**may (SBJV; epistemic)
+**particle ''ga'' added for "should, must": ''Fendógópi kuut ga.'' (It should be dead, as we wanted.)
-*may, be permitted,
+*''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?)
-*''khet(i)'' must (deontic) (from ''kheti'' "necessity")
-* must (epistemic)
-*''khord(a)'' dare (from ''khurda'' "daring")
 ====Voice====