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6.    iniu kocuo-no1 izho2 a34 hu-lo-ie5
     
    the village headman1 visited5 my3 house4 today2 unexpectedly 5
     
b. the sub sense of surprise

     This sub sense is an expression of a feeling of surprise on the part of the speaker about the action. Presumably it is realized with intransitives, and a class of transitive not covered under the mood of surprising/ and unexpected, action.
 
149 1.  a1 na2 osa3 so-lo-ie4
my1 child2 stitched (his) clothes3
2.  kaikho1 mikrüli2 lo-loe3
Kaikho1 went down3 to Imphal2
3.  ·ikho-no1 pfo23 zhu-loe4
Dikho1 sold4 his2 house3
4.  imeli1 ocü rü-loe2
it rained2 in Mao1
c. the subsense of accomplishment

     This subsense indicates that the action was done with considerable effort and carries with it a note of triumphant exultation.
 
150. 1.  sibo-no1 okhe-na-i2 soha - loe3
     
    Sibo1 killed3 the tiger 2, (which is an achievement) 2
     
  2.  pfo-no1 ovo2 hihi3 so-loe4
     
    he1 did4 this3 work2 (which is an achievement) 4
     
  3.  caakho-no1 ocü2 kali3 so-loe4
     
    Chakho1 built4 a3 house2 (which is an achievement) 4
     
  4.  alemo-no1 assaam2 -lino3 vu-loe4
     
    Alemo1 came4 out of 3 Assam2 (which is an achievement) 4
     
  5.  saiman-no1 isü va2 a-loe3
     
    Simon1 scaled Isü2 (which is an achievement) 3
     
  6. mahibo-no1 maia-yi2 macü-co-ie3
     
    Mathibo1 kissed3 Matia2 (which is an achievement)3

3.4.6.26.
 
The Mood of Determination

      The mood of Determoination expresses the determination of either the speaker or the nonspeaker, and is marked by -o. It is, however, less felicitous in sentences with second and third person subject NP’s since the speaker can not quite speak for the determination of others.
 
151 1. ojü-hi1 dukrü-o le-shie2
    let us divide2 the land1
     Interestingly, the determination could relate to a non-subject (but first person) NP, as the following examples (151.2) illustrates

2.

 kobu1 ata2 he3 pi-o-ka4
  give4 us (excl. prn. & excl. pl.)2 (the) gun1

     As the examples show, the determination mood marker -o precedes other mood markers, the hortative in 151.1. and the imperative in 151.2.
 

3.4.6.27 
 
The Mood of Temporal Concomitance
     The mood of Temporal Concomitance signals that the action will take place at a particular, specifiable (even if not specified), point or period of time. Note that all the examples given below are more felicitous with a time phrase. Even if a time adverb is absent, the semantics of the sentence implies one.
 
152 1. isember khro-na-hi1 sanni2 vu-i3 le4
     
    Sanny1 will4 be coming3 in December1
     
  2. a1 na pfoo2 caka3 nohiu-i4 le5
     
    my1 son2 will5 be marrying4 next year3
     
  3. ocü rü-i1 le2
     
    it1 will2  be raining1 (at a specifiable time)
     
  4.  ocü ni-i1 le2
     
    it1 will2  be shining (at a specifiable time)1

Significantly, the mood does not occur in the negative :
 
*1a. isember khro-na-hi sanni vu i le moe
   
  Sanni will not be coming in December
   
*2a.  a na pfoo caka nohiu i le moe
   
  my son will not be marrying next year
   
*3a.  ocü rü i le moe
   
  it will not be shining (at a specifiable time)
   
*4a.  ocü ni i le moe
   
  it will not be shining (at a specifiable time)

 

 

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