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4.

ahia1 sodu2 ofis3 -li4 kovu pha5 {iwe} 6
    {ie}
    {imosü }
    {iusü}
    {sü}
    {iuie}
     
  it seems6 Athia1 ought to come5 to4 /attend5 office3 tomorrow2  
  (incumbency or deontic mood)  
     

5.

  ahia1 sodu2 ofis3-li4 vu5 mo-li shü6 {iwe} 7
    {ie}
    {imosü}
    {iusü}
    {sü}
    {iuie}
     
  it seems7 Athia1 must6 attend/come5 to4 office3 tomorrow2  
  (non-deontic obligative mood)  

As should be logical, mood (and aspect) markers typically precede the hearsay markers as borne by the example above. Exceptionally, however mood markers could follow :
 

129.

  kolihoe1 puni-hi2 nohiu3 le4 iwe5 moloe6
  it seems1, 5 Puni2 will4 might6 marry3
  where -molo marking the dubitative mood follows -iwe marking the mood of
   hearsay.

3.4.6.21.
 		 The Mood of Illation or Inference
The mood of Illation/Inference is marked (1) by the sentence final ahi following the perfective aspect form of the verb if, typically but not necessarily visible, presumptive evidence is perceived by the speaker during or after the event, the initial a of ahi being deleted if the preceding word ends with a diphthong (2) by mabüi(ho)mo12 and kabüi zhü-(na)mo, the latter being more emphatic or forceful when the presumptive grounds on which the inference is

 12.		 mabüi(ho)mo is considered infelicitous by some speakers, but there is no doubt that it is felicitous for a whole lot of speakers. The last line of the last paragraph of the preface to N Ashuli -translated Hrüho Acari Larübvü (the Genesis) instances mabüi(ho)mo.

drawn may be before, during or after the event depicted by the verb, and (3) by le when some evidence is perceived during or after the event, evidence which is not direct, immediate, infalliable, or highly reliable. le is more tenuous than -ahi. kabüi zhü mo/ma büi ho mo are, in turn, more tenuous than le, the speaker being least sure, among the three markers of Illation, of what he is saying.
 

130

1.  imeli1 ocü (i) rü2 -müi-hi3
    it2 must3 have rained2 in Mao1
     
 

2.

  ta-ie1 -müi-hi2
    must2 have gone1
     
 

3.

  sübu1 ro-oie2 müi 0 -hi 3
    must3 have cut2 (the) trees1
     
 

4.

  a1 na pfoo2 vu3 -i4 -ahi5
    my1 son2 must5 have4 come2
     
 

5.

  caakho1 sinema2 kolioie3 -müi0 -hi4
    Chakho1 must4 have seen3 the film2
     
 

6.

  pfo-no1 avu-lo-i2 -ahi3
    he1 must3 have taken his meal2
     
 

7.

  idu1 ocü rü-o(bu)2 -müi0 -hi3
    it2 must3 have been raining2 yesterday1
     
 

8.

  pfota1 oso2 pajü3 soha-lo4 mü0 -hi5
    they1 must5 have killed4 many3 animals2
     
 

9.

  ico1 imeli2 ocü rü-o bu3 -müi0 -hi4
  it3 must4 be raining3 in Mao2 now1
     
    As noted, -ahi marks Inferential in the non-future and not in the future :
     

130.

*1.  capüi1 imeli2 ocü rü3 le4 müi0 hi5
    (I infer that)5 it3 will4 be raining3 in Mao2 later1
     
 

*2.

  sodu1 mikrüli2 ocü ni3 le4 müi0 hi5
    (I infer that)5 it3 will4 be shining3 in Imphal2 tomorrow3
     
 

*3.

  cahra-no1 pfo2 a3 cü4 he5 vu6 le7 müi0 hi8
    (I infer that)8 he2 will7 be coming6 to5 my3 house4 in the afternoon1
     
 

*4.

  ·isember-li-sü1 ·aiho2 noühiu3 le4 -müi0 -hi5
    (I infer that)5 Daiho2 will4 be marrying3 in December1
     
 

*5.

  capüi1 ni2 nisa-yi3 kade4 le5 -müi0 -hi6
    (I infer) that6 you (sg.)2 will5 be meeting4 Nisa3 later1

 
 

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