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 ====Mood====
-*'''Potential'''
+*'''Potential'''<br>The potential mood marks:
-The potential mood marks:
+**A possibility of the event happening.
-#A possibility of the action marked by the verb happens.
+*'''Permissive'''<br>The permissive mood marks:
-*'''Permissive'''
+*#Presence of authorisation, permission for the event to happen.
-*'''Abilitative'''
+*#That it is appropriate for the event to happen.
-*'''Desiderative'''
+*'''Abilitative'''<br>The abilitative mood marks:
+*#An capability of the event to happen, or the agent to cause the event.
+*#That there is a possibility, though unlikely, for the event to happen.
+*'''Desiderative'''<br>The desiderative mood marks:
+**A wish or want that the event happens.
+**When used in conjunction with other tenses:
+*#Present: wish or want to be satisfied immediately
+*#Near future: wish or want to be satisfied in a definite, near future
+*#Far future: wish or want that involves an indefinite or far future
+**A wish to be made in the future is presented with
+***an auxiliary verb '''gat''' "to want", '''ŋut''' or '''þűt''' "to hope", and
+***changing the predicate to the direct object (in absolutive case).
 *'''Imperative'''
 *'''Cohortative'''