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     Interrogative permissives, however, have a totally different expression. They are signalled by the information-seeking interrogation marker (h)o mo/ama added either to the verb zhü literally ‘be good’ following -a added to the finite verb (the more common and natural mode), or to the Choice mood marker a-büi following the finite verb (the less common and less natural mode).
 

101.

1a.  ai1 lo-a zhü-ama/ho-moe 2
    may/can2 I1 enter2 ?
     
 

2a.

  hipüi1 ico2 ta-a-zhü-ama/homoe3
     
  b.  hipüi1 ico2 ta-abüi le-ama/ho-moe
    may/can3 she1 go 3 now2 ?
     
  3a.  nipuni1 bu-a zhü-ama-ho moe2
     
  b.  nipuni1 bu-abüi le-ama/ho moe2
    may/can2 Nipuni1 set2 ?
     
  4a.  pfota1 to-azhü-ama/ho moe2
     
  b. pfota1 to-abüi le-ama/ho moe2
    may/can2 they (excl.pl.)1 eat 2 ?
     
  5a.  ai1 hihi2 sho-a zhü-ama/ho moe3
     
  b.  ai1 hihi2 sho-abüi le-ama/ho moe3
    may/can2 I1 drink3 this2 ?
     
  6a. pfo1 eeprekor·ar2 pfo ta-a zhü-ama/ho moe3
     
  b. pfo1 eeprekor·ar2 pfo ta büi le-ama/ho moe3
    may/can3 he2 take away3 the tape recorder 2 ?
     
  7a.  ata1 kheto2 pu-a zhü-ama/ho moe3
     
  b.  ata1 kheto2 pu-abüi le-ama/ho moe3
    may/can3 we (excl. prn. & excl.pl.)1 have more3 rice2 ?
     
  8a.  it a1 hehi2 kokru-a zhü-ama/ho moe 3
     
  b.  ita1 hehi2 kokru-abüi le-ama/ho moe3
    may/can3 we (incl. prn. & excl.)1 play here 2 ?
     
  9a.  ai1 ico2 pe-a zhü-ama/ho moe3
     
  b.  ai1 ico2 pe-abüi le-ama/ho moe3
    may/can3 I1 speak now 2 ?

3.4.6.7.
 		 The Optative

     The Optative mood expresses a blessing or curse on the part of the speaker. This is expressed by marking the third person subject obligatorily and the second person subject optionally by peno, the DO marker in syntactic causative, with the verb in the imperative.
 
102. 1.  ni (peno)1 mamüi 2 moso3 kolosü so-lo2
may2 you (sg.)1 live2 long3 I
2.  ni1 kazhü2 kajü-sü3 so-o4 hrü-o5
    you (sg.)1 achieve4 good3, big things (in life)2 and live5
3.  ni1 covo2 so-o3 hrü-da3
you (sg.)1 live3 happily I2 ok. ?3
4.  ni ophi oba mosü sho-o ta-o
you leg hand stumble proh-cnj go-imp

you (sg.) go/travel smoothly, with your legs and hands not meeting with any stumbling blocks I
 

5.

  ni (peno)/vano1 onamüi 2 pajü3 hrü vu-lo4
  may4 you (sg.)1 have/bear4 many3 children2 I
   
   ita1 movuo peno2 mamüi3 moso4 kolosü3 hrü-o3
6. may3 our (incl. prn. & excl. pl.)1 headman/king2 live3 long2 I ;
  long4 live3 our1 king/headman2 I
   
7.  oramüi peno1 nikrumüi2 shühra pio3
  may3 God1 bless3 you (incl. pl.)2 I
   
8.  pfo peno1 thi2 mozhu3 -io
  may2 he1 die2 soon3 I

3.4.6.8.
 		 The Suggestive
     The Suggestive or Hortative mood, realised only with non-singular first person inclusive pronouns, is marked by shie which closes the verb. shie etymologically means ‘come along’ : it can be used independently, and when it is, it triggers the nonverbal action of the speaker’s interlocutor's) following the speaker physically.
 
103 1.  ta (le) shie let us go
       
  2.  ahi)1 to ta le shie2 let2 us (incl. du.)1 eat2
       
  3.  ita1 hopfü2 pfo-yi3 kakrü let4 all2 of us (incl. prn. & excl. pl.)1
      le shie4 talk4 to him3
       
  4.  pfohi)-yi1 mata le shie2 Let us send2 them (du.)1
       
  5.  pfo-yi1 ko (lo) le shie 2 let us call3 him1
       
  6. pfota-yi peno1 hayi 2   let us make them (excl. pl.) drink
    kocuoko3 sho le shie4 some ricebeer
       
  7. pfo-yi1 da le shie2 let us beat2 him1
 
  8.  odzü-da le shie let us swim
       
 

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