In the first sentence, the subject may have eaten food
more than once or may haven eaten till there was no food left. In the
second, the subject was looking at the girl without taking his eyes off her.
Consider the sentence.
(146)
/tamčy1
masįabla2
pimaą3/
`the elephant1 will keep felling3
the trees2’
where the subject repeats the action
of felling with one tree after another. Compare this with the sentence.
(147)
/hwč1
myąwčlą2
rśgamade3/
`I1 shall keep on loving2
wives3’
where the subject has a tendency to
love only married women but never implies that he has a number of love
affairs with married women. The sentence is not ambiguous.
2.5.3.2.3.
Mood :
Mood expresses the attitude of the speaker towards the
happening of the event or state represented by the sentence. It shows
differing degrees of reality, desirability, contingency, and so on. Moods do
not show any tense distinction.
2.5.3.2.3.1.
Completive :
This mood
indicates the end of the event or state represented by the
sentence. It is marked by the verbs /pa/
and da/
either separately or combined. The suffix /-ą/ is the affirmative
suffix. This inflexion occurs with processes and actions.
(148)
/taméy1
ablasyg2
thįpaą3/
`the elephant1
ate3 the bananas2
completely3’
(149)
/tulūkwč1
mipadaą2/
`the Lohit1
was born fully2’
(150)
/jyimcyane1
tąbr2
kįwidaą3/
`Jimchane1 carved3
the meat2’
2.5.3.2.3.2.
Imperative :
This mood indicates the permission or command to the
subject by the speaker to perform the event or the action identified by the
verb. The mood is marked by the suffix /-nį/. This mood occurs only with
non-ambient action verbs and action verbs.
1
tap
2
thįmaso3/
yąą2
hw
1
masį
wč1
mipa
