Mood: mood
| Values: | Imp | Ind | Opt | Sub |
Mood is a feature that expresses modality and subclassifies finite VERB forms.
Ind: indicative
The indicative can be considered the default mood. A verb in indicative merely states that something happens, has happened or will happen, without adding any attitude of the speaker.
Examples
- Bharkhari nam lonno. “The sun is just coming up.”
Imp: imperative
The speaker uses imperative to order or ask the addressee to do the action of the verb.
Examples
- Lo, annecenɨŋ khoŋsanihã! “Alright now, play with the older girls!”
Sub: subjunctive
The subjunctive mood marks statements whose realization depends on abilities, attention, will, or simply on unknown factors
Examples
- *Aya, akka na kanchaŋa harata ucaiʔyã raicha!* “Oh, Kancha could defeat me!”
- Atham gonei! “Watch out, you may fall!”
- Siyalaã naneklena! “May the jackal bite you!”
- Paĩ weiʔ ta hola. “Maybe it will rain today.”
Opt: optative
The optative mood expresses that the speaker (and possibly other actants as well) wish for the marked proposition to become true. In Chintang, the optative is a secondary mood, which exclusively attaches to subjunctive forms. Verbs marked with both moods are annotated using the Opt value.
Examples
- Gakkaŋ nisaŋa conena! “Let your younger brother have it later!”
Mood in other languages: [ab] [akk] [arr] [bej] [bg] [bm] [cs] [ctn] [cy] [el] [eme] [en] [es] [ess] [et] [fi] [fr] [ga] [gd] [gn] [gub] [hbo] [hu] [hy] [it] [jaa] [ka] [ky] [mdf] [myv] [naq] [nmf] [pcm] [ps] [qpm] [qtd] [quc] [ru] [say] [sl] [sv] [tpn] [tr] [tt] [u] [ug] [uk] [urb] [urj] [xcl] [xmf] [yrk]