Mood: mood
| Values: | Imp | Pot | Sub |
Mood is a feature of [auxiliaries] (u-pos/AUX) and [verbs] (u-pos/VERB ).
Imp: imperative mood
The imperative is expressed by a specific tone pattern and/or final vowel of the verb, depending on its lexical class.
Examples
- ƙàːraː gàba! “Move on!” (lit: “increase forward”) (Northern Hausa) ƙàːraː gàba
Pot: potential mood
The potential auxiliary (lemma=yâː) expresses the high probability that an action will take place in the future. dà an jimàː, sûː koːmoː wuriːnai
Examples
- dà an jimàː, sûː koːmoː wuriːnai “after a while, they will/have to go back to him” (Northern Hausa)
Sub: subjunctive mood
The subjuntive auxiliary (lemma=à) conveys dependency or consecution between two processes. zaːsù zoː sù koːyar̃
Examples
- zaːsù zoː sù koːyar̃ “they will come in order to teach” (Southern Hausa)
Mood in other languages: [ab] [akk] [arr] [axm] [bej] [bg] [bm] [cs] [ctn] [cy] [el] [eme] [en] [es] [ess] [et] [fi] [fr] [ga] [gd] [gn] [gub] [ha] [hbo] [hu] [hy] [it] [jaa] [ka] [ky] [mdf] [myv] [naq] [nmf] [oge] [ota] [pcm] [ps] [qpm] [qtd] [quc] [ruc] [ru] [say] [sl] [sv] [tpn] [tr] [tt] [u] [ug] [uk] [urb] [urj] [xcl] [xmf] [yrk]