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:This auxiliary is used to express what may have been or be. It is the core for most conditional constructions in Muna. | :This auxiliary is used to express what may have been or be. It is the core for most conditional constructions in Muna. | ||
==='''Direction'''=== | ==='''Direction/location'''=== | ||
Non-lexical verb direction/location can be expressed through the use of a limited set of adpositions as applicative particles, while these particles can elevate the oblique to the object of a clause, argument dropping often makes this process implicit. | |||
;To | |||
:Expresses movement towards or into something, it is equivalent to the english prepositions to, into, onto and towards | |||
;From | |||
:Expresses movement away from something, it is equivalent to english from, off, out of, and away from | |||
;Via | |||
:Expresses movement along or using something, it's equivalents are through, across, along and by means of | |||
;At | |||
:Expresses movement within or in the vicinity of something, it is equivalent to inside, around, past, near and next to. | |||
==='''Causativity'''=== | ==='''Causativity'''=== | ||