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Verbs in Wetcanese have no tense or aspect inflection; instead, there is evidentiality and mood which can do double duty as certain tenses The irrealis is the default, unmarked mood/evidentiality, serving the role of the infinitive or the future in other languages. | Verbs in Wetcanese have no tense or aspect inflection; instead, there is evidentiality and mood which can do double duty as certain tenses The irrealis is the default, unmarked mood/evidentiality, serving the role of the infinitive or the future in other languages. | ||
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! colspan="2"| '''Wetcanese mood/evidentiality affixes''' | ! colspan="2"| '''Wetcanese mood/evidentiality affixes''' | ||
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The mirative marks new information that the speaker is witnessing. It often corresponds to present tense, or is used to exhort the listener for attention. | |||
:''Qayòlih milám huga'''quh'''.'' | |||
::''Hey, the demon's chasing the dog!/Behold, the demon chased the dog.'' | |||
The quotative is used for information from third-party sources deemed to be authoritative. As such it is the evidential most often encountered in narratives. | The quotative is used for information from third-party sources deemed to be authoritative. As such it is the evidential most often encountered in narratives. | ||