n
|
apinėm
|
dc´t-ru
|
‘You must eat rice’
|
|
you
|
food
|
eat t mood
|
|
n
|
g
|
pye-ru
|
‘You (will) must
go’
|
n
|
d -ka-ru
|
|
‘You had to eat’
|
|
you
|
eat t mood
|
|
|
|
bļ
|
g-pye-ru
|
|
‘He (will) must
go’
|
|
he
|
go mood
|
|
|
|
bulu
|
kį-t-ru
|
|
‘They have to see
(necessarily)’
|
|
they
|
see mood+t
|
|
|
|
|
| Due to
the influence of Assamese, the form /-large/ ‘has to be’ has also
gained currency to express obligatory injunction. |
| VR
+ pė + lagi + ye-pė |
|
bļ
|
ager
|
gėrpė-lagiyepė
|
‘He must do the
work’
|
|
he
|
work
|
do mood
|
|
|
|
| 3.
Feasibility |
| It expresses
the necessity of the action to be performed as an opinion. |
| VR +
pp + ayiye |
|
bļ
|
ruti
|
m-pe-ayiye
|
‘She should bake
the bread’
|
|
she
|
bread
|
baking should
|
|
|
|
|
|
‘I should come back’
|
|
I
|
come back should
|
|
|
|
|
| 4.13.4.
Desiderivative mood : |
| It is
used to express desire or wish. The marker for this mood is /-li/
which precedes the tense marker. |
| VR +
li + tense |
|
|
adi-taa-pe
|
rė-sa-li-du
|
‘I wish to climb
the hill’
|
|
I
|
hill up to
|
climb up wish t
|
|
azn-ė
|
muruk
|
bi-lat-li-dag-ai
|
‘A friend wished
to return money’
|
|
friend
|
the money
|
give back wish t
|
|
|
|
| 4.13.5.
Permission : |
| It is
marked by /-mte/
which follows the verb- The object always remain in accusative case. |
|
bļ-m
|
g-mte
|
|
‘Let him go’
|
|
him
|
go mood
|
|
|
m
|
azin
|
d-mte
|
‘Let me eat meat’
|
|
me
|
meat
|
eat mood
|
|
|
bu-lu-m
|
sė-m
|
gėr-mte
|
‘Let them do that’
|
|
them
|
that
|
do mood
|
|
|
|
| 4.13.6.
Potential mood : |
| The action
of the verb indicates that the result of the action is sure to come
into existence. The mood marker is /-la/ which follows the verb root
and precedes the tense marker. It occurs in all the three tenses.
|
| VR + -la
+ tense |
|
bļ
|
apine-m
|
d-la-dak
|
‘He can eat food’
|
|
he
|
food acc
|
eat mood pr t
|
|
|
bļ
|
apinė-m
|
d-la-dag-ai
|
‘He could eat rice’
|
|
he
|
rice
|
eat mood t
|
|
|
bulu
|
|
sgap-la-d
|
‘They can catch
fish’
|
|
they
|
fish
|
catch mood t
|
|
|
|
g-la-dag-ai
|
|
‘I could go’
|
|
I
|
go mood tense
|
|
|
|
bļ
|
yub-ladu-pye
|
|
‘He could go’
|
|
he
|
sleep mood t
|
|
|
n
|
yub-la-du-la
|
|
‘You would sleep’
|
|
you
|
sleep mood t
|
|
|
|
|
