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Prefix: '''a-''' (> '''al-''' when followed by verb root) | Prefix: '''a-''' (> '''al-''' when followed by verb root) | ||
* imperfective; al- in imperatives? <br> | * imperfective; al- in imperatives? <br> | ||
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Modal prefixes: | |||
* NEGATIVE '''nu-''' (la-, li-) ''not'' | |||
* PRECATIVE '''hé-''' (ha-, hu-) ''may he, he should, whether'' | |||
* COHORTATIVE '''ga-''' (gi4-, gú-) ''may I, I shall'' | |||
* PROHIBITIVE '''na-''' ''may he not'' | |||
* AFFIRMATIVE '''na-''' ''he shall (shall he not?)'' | |||
* VETITIVE '''ba-ra-''' ''can not, must not'' | |||
* PROSPECTIVE '''ù-''' (a-, ì-) ''when, after'' | |||
* CONTRAPUNCTIVE '''ši-''' (ša-, šu-) ''so, therefore'' | |||
* FRUSTRATIVE '''nu-uš-''' ''if only'' | |||
* CONJUNCTIVE '''(i)n-ga-''' ''and, also, furthermore'' | |||
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