5. |
ni1
candel2 -li3
vu le4 ili-li5
ive6 heno7
(kata) phae8
(takoo) |
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if 5
you (sg.)1
have/are to go4
to8 Chandel2,
you (sg.) ought/have |
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to go skirting7
(the) forest6
(heno means ‘around, from around’ |
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not exactly through
the forest and ta ‘to go’) |
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6. |
ni1
sodu2 ofis
3 -li4
kovu phae 5 |
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you (sg.)1
ought to come5
to4 office3
tomorrow 2 (vu
‘to come’) |
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7. |
lona-hi-no1
a2 napüi-yi3
monoco phae 4 |
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he1
ought/has to marry4
my2 daughter3
(mono : ‘to marry’) |
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8. |
imüi-hi1
ozhi2 maci3
soo2 kobu phae
4 |
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one1
ought/has to be4
behave2 -(ing)4
oneself 3 (ozhi
so ‘to behave’) |
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9.
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ni1
koto phae2 |
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you (sg.)1
ought/have to eat2
(to ‘to eat’) |
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10. |
onamüi-no
opfü opfo-yi kolico phae |
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children1
ought to/have to look after3
(their) parents2
(koli ‘to look after’) |
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11. |
ata1
kokruco phae2
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we (excl. prn. &
excl. pl.)1 ought/have
to play2 |
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3.4.6.2.
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The Non-deontic Obligative |
The
Non-deontic Obligative mood expresses the amoral indispensability
of the action and is more forceful than the deontic mood.
It is expressed by the complex v-mo-li shü- where
v stands for verb - which means ‘if (li) not (mo),
it is bad (shü)’. Literally - only literally -
then, this complex added to the finite verb of the sentence
would mean that if the action suggested by the verb is not
gone through, undesirable consequences may follow. Although
the grammatically crusted formal expression has not quite
yielded a noncompostional meaning, the literal meaning no
longer penetrates native speaker consciousness.
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1. |
sodu1
ni2 mikrü-li3
bu 4 mo-li shüe5
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you (sg.)2
should/must5
be4 in Imphal3
tomorrow1 |
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2. |
pfota1
vu2 mo-li shü
le3 |
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they (excl. pl.)1
should/must 3
come 2 |
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3. |
lopüi1
ico2 to3
mo-li shüe4
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she1
should/must4
eat3 now2
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4. |
ocü (i)rü
mo-li shüe |
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‘it should/must rain’ |
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5. |
ahisü1
a2 napüi-yi3
mono4 mo-li shüe5
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Athisü1
should/must5
marry4 my2
daughter3 |
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6. |
ata1
pfo-yi2 kasa
so3 mo-li shüe4
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we (excl. prn. &
excl. pl.)1 should/must4
make friends with3
him 2 |
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7. |
ni1
pe2 mo-li shüe3
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you (sg.)1
should/must3
speak up2 |
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8. |
kaikho1
ata-yi2 duno3
kokru4 mo-li
shüe5 |
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Kaikho1
should/must5
play4 for3
us2 |
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A cogent piece of evidence v+mo+li+shü is not straight
forwardly syntactic and has become frozen as a part of the
subliminal self of the native speaker is that there is no
v-li-shü, which should logically be the negative
counterpart of v+mo-li shü. (The negative of this
mood is v-shü See 3.4.13.5.12)
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*1a. |
sodu1
ni2 mikrüli3
bu 4-li shüe5
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yo (sg.)1
should/must not5
be4 in Imphal3
tomorrow2 |
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*2a. |
pfota1
vu2 -li shüe
3 |
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they (excl. pl.)1
should/must 3
come2 |
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*3a. |
lopüi1
ico2 to3
-li shüe4 |
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she1
should/must not4
eat3 now2
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*4a. |
ocü (i)rü1
-li shüe2 |
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it should/must not2
rain1 |
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*5a. |
ahisü1
a2 napüi-yi3
mono4-li shüe5
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Athisü1
should/must not5
marry4 my2
daughter3 |
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*6a |
ata1
pfo-yi2 kasa
so3 -li shüe4
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we (excl. prn. &
excl. pl.)1 should/must
not4 make friends
with3 him
2 |
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*7a |
ni1
pe2 -li shüe3
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you (sg.)1
should/must not3
speak2 |
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*8a. |
kaikho1
ata-yi2 duno3
kokru4 -li shüe5
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Kaikho1
should/must not5
play4 for3
us2 |
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3.4.6.3.
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The Dubitative |
The
Dubitative mood which expresses doubt of varying degrees
about the proposition is signalled by amolo suffixed
to the verb.
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