3.4.13.5.16
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Contingency |
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239 |
1. |
ni1
a2 he3
rü4 mo5
- i-li6
ai7 e8
rü9 le10
moe11 |
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in case 6
you1 do not5
write4 to3
me2 I7
will10 not11
write9 too8
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2. |
ocü rü1
mo2 -i-li3
ai4 vu5
le6 |
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in case 3
it does1 not2
rain1 , I4
will6 come5
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3. |
ocü rü1
mo2 -i-li3
ta/le-shie4 |
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in case3
it does1 not2
rain1 , let us
go4 |
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3.4.13.5.17.
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Pseudo-Conditional |
| 240
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1. |
pfota1
ayi2 so khro3
ma 4 -sü ble5 |
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even if 5
they1 do not4
help3 me2,
it is o.k.5 |
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2.
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ni1
kasha2 pi3
mo4 -i-ye5
ai-no6 ni7
he8 rashü9
pi10 le11
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even if 5
you1 do not
4 pay3
, I6 will
11 give10
you7, 8
(the) fruits9
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3. |
ocü rü1
mo2 -i-ye3
oro-sü4 zhü5
le6 |
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even if 3
it does1 not3
rain1 crops4
will6 be good5 |
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3.4.13.5.18. Subjunctive/Contrafactual
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| 241
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1. |
ni1
idu2 vu3
-ye4 ai5
larü-na-i6
pi7 mo8
-i
le moe7 |
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even if 4
you1 came3
yeterday2 , I5
would7 not8
have given7 the
book 6 |
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2. |
ni-no1
pfotayi2 ko3
-ye4 pfota5
vu6 mo7
-i
le moe 8 |
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even if 4
you (sg.)1 invited3
them2
, they5 would8
not7 have8
come6 |
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3.4.13.5.19.
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Motivated Action |
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242 |
1. |
ai1
pfoyi2 di-lo3
le4 moe5 |
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I1
will4 not5
touch3 her
2 |
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2. |
kaikho-no1
miiing2
-li3 vu-lo4
moe5 |
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Kaikho1
did not 5 come4
to3 the meeting2 |
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3. |
ai1
ozhi-lo2 le3
moe4 |
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I1
will3 not4
sleep2 |
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4. |
pfo-no1
opro2 to-lo3
mo 4 -ie3
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he1
has3 not4
eaten3 (the)
medicine2 |
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3.4.13.5.20
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Determination |
|
243 |
1. |
ojü-hi1
dukrü-o2 mo3
le shie2 |
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let us2
not3 divide2
the land1 (we
are determined) |
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2. |
okhe-na-i1
soha-o
le2 moe3
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(I am) determined
not3 to kill2
the tiger1 |
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With quite a few verbs, however, the negated
determinative is not possible :
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| * nohiu-o
le moe |
‘determined not to marry’ |
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3.4.13.5.21.
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Hortative |
| 244
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1. |
ta le1
mo2 -shie1 |
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let us1
not2 go1
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2.
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ahi1
to ta2 le3
mo-shie3 |
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let3
us1 not4
eat and go2 |
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3. |
ita1
hopfü2
pfo-yi3 kakrü4
le4 mo5
-shie4 |
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let (all of )2
us (incl. prn. & excl. pl.)1
not5 talk4
to him3 |
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4. |
pfohi-yi1
mata le2 mo3
-shie4 |
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let2
us1 not3
send them (du.)2
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3.4.13.5.22.
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Permissive |
|
245 |
1. |
ai1
lo-a-zhü2 mo3
-ama4 |
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may/can2
I1 not3
enter2 ?4 |
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ai1
lo2 ma3
-büi le-ama4 |
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2. |
piiar
peno1 rü2
-sho3 |
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let not3
Peter1 write2
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3. |
pfohiyi
peno1 vu adzü2
-sho3 |
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let them1
not3 marry2
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3.4.13.5.23.
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Hearsay |
|
246 |
1. |
boni1
vu2 le3
mo4 -iwe5 |
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it seems5
Boni1 will
3 not4
come2 |
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2. |
ashikho1
ikhüi2 vu3
le4 mo5
-iwe6
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it seems6
Ashikho1 will4
not5 come (back)3
this year 2
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3.4.13.5.24.
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Stressed Possibility |
|
247 |
1. |
sibo-no1
hayi2 sho-e sho3
mo4 -i-e5
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it is possible that3
Sibo1 didn’t4
drink3 ricebeer2 |
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2. |
ocü rü-e(sü)
rü1 mo-i2
le3 |
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it is possible that
it1 will3
not2 rain1
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