This mood indicates the ability of
the subject to perform the action or event represented by the verb. It is
marked by the auxilliary very /hančyą/ `to be able to’ and occurs with all
verbs except the existential state.
(153)
/h1
ékam2 bąhanéyą3/
`I1 can do3
this work2’
(154)
/h1
par
wč1
bśbśtył2
helóhanéyą3/
`my friend1
can be happy3
occasionally2’
(155)
/é tap lyįgõ
piwhanéyą/
`this flower1 can bloom3
at dusk2’
The semantic range of this mood does not include the
notion of either willingness of the subject or permission given to the
subject to perform the event or action. It indicates only inherent ability
or capability. We cannot have a sentence like
(155a)
*/nyś1
tasysyigab2
h3
tasyhanéyąy
m4/
`even if you1
let me sing2,
I3 cannot sing4’
or like
(155b)
*/kadigmč1
prąwéyąy
m2
takhru3 nyś4
tasyhanéyą5/
`even if 3 nobody1
likes2 (it), you4
can sing5’
Permissive :
This mood indicates the permission
given to the subject to perform the action or event represented in the
sentence. Most often this mood is expressed by the suffix /-syig/ and occurs
always with the recent past tense suffix and indicates past time.
(156)
/h1
tap2
thįsyigso3/
`I1 was permitted to eat3
rice2’
(157)
/h1 į2
hanįsyigso3/
`I1 was permitted to come3
home2’
The same suffix functions as a causative in
agent-causative sentences. However, the suffix occurs only with an
affirmative suffix there. However, in such sentences, the subject is the
cause but never the actual performer of the action. But permission given by
the subject for the action to be performed is marked by the suffix /-yõ/ and
occurs with the distant future tense suffix without the requisite concord
restrictions and is neutral as to time.
1
ékam2 bąhanéyą3/
wč1
bśbśtył2
helóhanéyą3/
lyį
gõ
piwhanéyą/
syigab
m4/
