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====Use of modal particles==== | ====Use of modal particles==== | ||
'''Pos''' conveys an idea of ability, capability, that the subject knows how to do something, both an innate or a learnt capability. | |||
* '''Tȳn nat lā pos''': ''He cannot write'' (for example, because the subject is too young, and still does not know how to write) | |||
'''Kra''' conveys an idea of a momentaneous ability, something that the subject can do in this moment, not a forever real capability. | '''Kra''' conveys an idea of a momentaneous ability, something that the subject can do in this moment, not a forever real capability. | ||
* '''Tȳn nat lā kra sty''': ''He cannot write'' (for example, the subject is too excited to write, too cold or too frightened, a momentaneous condition, but he knows how to write) | * '''Tȳn nat lā kra sty''': ''He cannot write'' (for example, the subject is too excited to write, too cold or too frightened, a momentaneous condition, but he knows how to write) | ||
Revision as of 16:16, 30 April 2020
The verb cluster
Use of modal particles
Pos conveys an idea of ability, capability, that the subject knows how to do something, both an innate or a learnt capability.
- Tȳn nat lā pos: He cannot write (for example, because the subject is too young, and still does not know how to write)
Kra conveys an idea of a momentaneous ability, something that the subject can do in this moment, not a forever real capability.
- Tȳn nat lā kra sty: He cannot write (for example, the subject is too excited to write, too cold or too frightened, a momentaneous condition, but he knows how to write)
