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Changed "subjunctive" to "presumptive"
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Grammatical mood is very | Grammatical mood is very | ||
important in Antarctican. It is formed by prefixes on the verb. | important in Antarctican. It is conflated with evidentiality, but totally separated from mirativity. It is formed by prefixes on the verb. | ||
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<h4> | <h4>Presumptive Mood</h4> | ||
This is used | This is used to talk about purely hypothetical events / situations. One use of it is where English would begin a sentence with "Suppose that ...". | ||
It is formed by prefixing | It is formed by prefixing du- to the verb e.g. | ||
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- to spit out, mirative | - to spit out, mirative | ||
duqíeypyiqiiey /duʔeiʔpʲiʔeːi/ | |||
- to spit out, mirative, | - to spit out, mirative, presumptive | ||
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- to pierce, mirative | - to pierce, mirative | ||
duqinyieliqaa /duʔiɲeliʔaː/ | |||
- to pierce, mirative, | - to pierce, mirative, presumptive | ||
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- red, mirative | - red, mirative | ||
tùrèdlu /tu;ɦʁɘɦdɮu/ | |||
- red, mirative, | - red, mirative, presumptive | ||
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- to make it across, noun-focus | - to make it across, noun-focus | ||
tùpùelùezi /tuɦpɨɦlɨɦzi/ | |||
- to make it across, noun-focus, | - to make it across, noun-focus, presumptive(breathy voice spreads | ||
again) | again) | ||
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- to be a frog, mirative | - to be a frog, mirative | ||
duwùerùji /duwɨɦʁuɦɟi/ | |||
- to be a frog, mirative, | - to be a frog, mirative, presumptive(breathy voice spreading is blocked again) | ||
wùerùgùe /wɨɦʁɨɦgɨɦ/ | wùerùgùe /wɨɦʁɨɦgɨɦ/ | ||
- to be a frog, noun focus | - to be a frog, noun focus | ||
duwùerùgùe /duwɨɦʁɨɦgɨɦ/ | |||
- to be a frog, noun focus, | - to be a frog, noun focus, presumptive (breathy voice spreading is blocked | ||
again) | again) | ||
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scraped, mirative | scraped, mirative | ||
túowkiraeypyu /touʔkiʁɛipʲu/ | |||
- to become scraped, mirative, | - to become scraped, mirative, presumptive (the first syllable is deleted and the prefix takes breathy | ||
voice) | voice) | ||
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/waʔkiʁaipɨɦ/ - to become scraped, noun-focus | /waʔkiʁaipɨɦ/ - to become scraped, noun-focus | ||
túowkiraypùe | |||
/ | / touʔkiʁaipɨɦ/ - to become | ||
scraped, noun-focus, | scraped, noun-focus, presumptive(the first syllable is deleted and the prefix | ||
takes breathy voice) | takes breathy voice) | ||
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/galiʔi/ - to be a hole, mirative | /galiʔi/ - to be a hole, mirative | ||
duongaliqi | |||
/ | /doŋaliʔi/ - to be a hole, mirative, presumptive (initial consonant | ||
changes to /ŋ/ again) | changes to /ŋ/ again) | ||
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/kɜɦlɨɦ/ - to be a hole, noun-focus | /kɜɦlɨɦ/ - to be a hole, noun-focus | ||
tùngòelùe | |||
/ | /tuɦŋɜɦlɨɦ/ - to be a hole, noun-focus, | ||
presumptive(initial consonant changes to /ŋ/ again) | |||
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/bʲaɴ/ - to be pants, mirative | /bʲaɴ/ - to be pants, mirative | ||
duozibyan | |||
/ | /dozibʲaɴ/ - to be pants, mirative, presumptive(insertion of -zi- again) | ||
pùn | pùn | ||
/puɴɦ/ - to be pants, noun-focus | /puɴɦ/ - to be pants, noun-focus | ||
tùsùepùn | |||
/ | /tuɦsɨɦpuɴɦ/ - to be pants, noun-focus, | ||
presumptive(insertion of -zi- again, which changes to -sùe- due to taking on breathy voice) | |||
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mirative | mirative | ||
túowppyíeytla /touʔseiʔpʼʲeiʔtɬa/ - to | |||
be spit, mirative, | be spit, mirative, presumptive(loss of initial syllable and ejectivisation of | ||
/p/) | /p/) | ||
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to be spit, noun-focus | to be spit, noun-focus | ||
túowppyíeytù /touʔpʼʲeiʔtuɦ/ - | |||
to be spit, noun-focus, | to be spit, noun-focus, presumptive(loss of initial syllable and | ||
ejectivisation of /p/) | ejectivisation of /p/) | ||
[[Category:Languages]][[Category:Conlangs]] | [[Category:Languages]][[Category:Conlangs]] | ||