Deontic Modality • Permissive - actions that one has the ability to perform.
ma saynwa means I may die.
• Obligative - actions one is meant or supposed to perform.
ma saynya means I must / have to die.
• Commissive - actions one has promised to fulfill.
ma saynêrv means I promised to die, so I must, or more simply, I must / have to die.
Epistemic Modality • Speculative - actions one thinks may occur due to one's own observations, or if one is unsure.
ma sayni means I think I might die, or more simply, I might die.
• Deductive - actions one thinks will occur based on current factual evidence, or when one is sure.
ma saynanla means I know I will die, or more simple, I will die
• Assumptive - actions one thinks will occur based on opinion or what one would like to think.
ma saynon means I would like to think I might die, or more simply, I assume I might die.
Conditional Modality • Implicative - actions that are thought to occur if another action occurs first
visaynohwama ve means I think you are going to die if I go.
• Predictive - actions that are known to occur if another action occurs first
visaynich ma ve means I know you are going to die if I go.
As previously shown, the moods can be used together to show different moods all at once. Since modality is used to show the Subjunctive mood, that logic can also be applied to Modality, and therefore Mood and Modality can occur together within the same word.
Some things to note:
• the Conditional modalities can only fuse with the Negative mood.
visaynohwamauv ma ve means I think you might not die if I go.
vi saynichamauvma ve means I know you will not die if I go.
• the Indicative mood can only fuse with the Obligative, Commissive, Assumptive and Deductive modalities.
ma tifyangya means I most certainly have to be strong.
ma tifyangêrv means I most certainly promised to be strong.
ma tifyangon means I most certainly would like to think / assume I am strong.
ma tifyanganla means I most certainly know I am strong.
• the Imperative mood can only fuse with the Obligative modality. It is only used to emphasise a command.
ormik omêfya means You have to be a man.
And there you go.
Below is the inflection table for modality. Ignore the cells in red please.
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