| 4.13.7.
Probability mood : |
| When the
action indicated by the verb is not sure to take place, and there
is only the likelihood that it will yield result, the verb is said
to be in the probability mood. Probability mood is marked by /-pė/.
Potential mood marker /-la/ precedes the future tense marker and /-pė/
follows it |
| VR + -la
+ -ye + pė |
|
bļ
|
apin
|
d -la-ye-pė
|
‘He might eat food’
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he
|
food
|
eat mood
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n
|
isi -dė-m
|
kerra-ye-pė
|
‘You might cut the
tree’
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|
you
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tree the acc
|
cut mood
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g -ya-la-ye-pė
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‘I might come’
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I
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come back mood
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| 4.14.
Interrogative : |
| When the
information is given and confirmation is sought, it is the confirmative
type. It takes the question marker /-n/ or /-a/ and /-i/. /-a/ occurs
with the suffix /-ye/, /i/ with the suffix /pye/ and /-n/ everywhere. |
n
|
g-d-n
?
|
|
‘Do you go’
|
|
you
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go t
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n
|
g-la-d-n
?
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‘Can you go?’
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you
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go mood t int
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bļ
|
g-ka-b-n
?
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‘Has he gone?’
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he
|
go t int
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bļ
|
g-li-ka-b-n
?
|
|
‘Does he want to
go ?’
|
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he
|
go mood t int
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|
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bulu
|
lpė
|
dś-n?
|
‘Are they there?’
|
|
they
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there t
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int
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bļ
|
bį-su-dś-n ?
|
|
‘Does he swim by
himself?’
|
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he
|
swim self t int
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lpė
|
g-la-daga-n
?
|
‘Could you go there?’
|
|
you
|
there
|
go mood t int
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bļ
|
bi-ye-n ?
|
|
‘Will he give ?’
|
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he
|
give t int
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bļ
|
bi-la-ye-n ?
|
|
‘Can he give?’
|
|
he
|
give mood int
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¨
|
yubi-ye-a ?
|
|
‘Shall I sleep?’
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|
I
|
sleep t int
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n¨
|
yub-laN-a
?
|
|
‘Would you sleep?’
|
|
you
|
sleep t int
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n¨
|
edėm
|
m¨@pen-yepė-i
|
‘Would you (be able)
to break it?’
|
|
you
|
this
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break prob int
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| 4.14.2.
Elicitation type : |
| An affirmative
sentence is transformed into an interrogative by placing the interrogative
particle at the end of the sentence and replacing the noun phrase
about which information is sought, with the appropriate interrogative
pronoun. |
|
edė
|
kįpine
|
agere-n?
|
‘What type of work
is this?’
|
|
that
|
what type
|
work int
|
|
|
sėk
|
bi-ye-a/n?
|
|
‘Who will give?’
|
|
who
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give t int
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n
|
|
dś-d-n?
|
‘Why did you go?’
|
|
you
|
where
|
live t int
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|
|
miglśnė
|
kįpila
|
g-ye-a/n?
|
‘Why will the blind
go?’
|
|
the blind
|
why
|
go t int
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kapė
|
lu-pye-i?
|
‘How shall I speak?’
|
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I
|
how
|
speak t int
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bļ
|
sė-k-n?
|
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‘Who is he?’
|
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he
|
what int
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edė
|
ukue-n?
|
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‘What is that?’
|
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that
|
what int
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