Mood: mood
| Values: | Cnd | Imp | Irr | Sub |
Cnd: conditional
Examples
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myǎː tsə́tn, mə́ ngâːlaː “if I sit down, I rest”
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wéy yáː nǎː, wò ʧet kə // “he said that if it happened, he would tell you”
Irr: irrealis
The universal Mood feature “irealis” is used to tag the counterfactual AUX and SCONJ, which are used in counterfactual conditional constructions.
Examples
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kóː mìyì tú wurɓa hŋ́ máː, má ngêláŋ éy ! “even if we didn’t get money, we would go shopping!”
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bàː ʧík hŋ́ dàː, mìː və̀rtə̀ “if it hadn’t been like that, we would have given [it] to him”
Imp: imperative
Examples
- gəmíː káwêy ! “just leave it!”
Sub: subjunctive
Examples
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ʧáː súː tə̀ lìː tíː hŋ́ “he did not want them to win”
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mə̀ fì tə̀ wuriː ? “how should we do it?”
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