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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'''===
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