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*''jokæ'' exhortative (inhortative through negation): ''Rótrest jokæ.'' (You really should go.) | *''jokæ'' exhortative (inhortative through negation): ''Rótrest jokæ.'' (You really should go.) | ||
Formal register differences: | '''Formal''' register differences: | ||
*''aktasosai'' (hears) conjugated for hearsay: ''Røtathi aiaktasosóji.'' (I heard from her that you left.) | *''aktasosai'' (hears) conjugated for hearsay: ''Røtathi aiaktasosóji.'' (I heard from her that you left.) | ||
*''tesos'' (sees) conjugated for visual evidentiality: ''Rotóji tesosai.'' (I saw her go.) | *''tesos'' (sees) conjugated for visual evidentiality: ''Rotóji tesosai.'' (I saw her go.) | ||
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*both conditional particles are used separately and they are prefixed with the subjunctive reduplication: ''Arziizeither zaita bouboisen bouti.'' (I will raise you if you fall.) | *both conditional particles are used separately and they are prefixed with the subjunctive reduplication: ''Arziizeither zaita bouboisen bouti.'' (I will raise you if you fall.) | ||
In literature to express the peaking pitch of ironical statements and lowered pitch of sarcastic expressions: | '''In literature''' to express the peaking pitch of ironical statements and lowered pitch of sarcastic expressions: | ||
*''jø'' verbal irony: ''"Luwidh jø hi loi khu" jóbatophoi.'' ("''Beautiful'' day out there" he said.) | *''jø'' verbal irony: ''"Luwidh jø hi loi khu" jóbatophoi.'' ("''Beautiful'' day out there" he said.) | ||
*''gæ'' sarcasm: ''Uu, eiluwikoi gæ pai.'' (Oh, ''how beautiful'' you made it.) | *''gæ'' sarcasm: ''Uu, eiluwikoi gæ pai.'' (Oh, ''how beautiful'' you made it.) | ||