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==Mode==
==Mode==
Grammatical tense is not a significant category in Hantza verbs (though there is an overt morphological future/non-future distinction). Verbs are instead aspect and mood heavy. This conflation of tense, aspect and mood is termed "mode" in Hantza; there are thirteen such modes. These are divided into three categories. Categories I and II can co-occur with one another but category III prefixes cannot occur with any other mode prefixes. Category I prefixes denote "primary aspect", category II "secondary aspect" and category III "deontic".
Grammatical tense is not a significant category in Hantza verbs (though there is an overt morphological future/non-future distinction). Verbs are instead aspect and mood heavy. This conflation of tense, aspect and mood is termed "mode" in Hantza; there are thirteen such modes. These are divided into three categories. Categories I and II can co-occur with one another but category III prefixes cannot occur with any other mode prefixes. Category I prefixes denote "primary aspect", category II "secondary aspect" and category III "deontic".
Category I - primary aspect:
Category I - primary aspect:
* Imperfective (unmarked)
* Imperfective (unmarked)
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* Retrospective
* Retrospective
* Future
* Future
Category II - secondary aspect:
Category II - secondary aspect:
* Inchoative
* Inchoative
* Cessative
* Cessative
* Irrealis
* Irrealis
Category III - deontic:
Category III - deontic:
* Optative
* Optative

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