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Re: Mood names ...

From:Nokta Kanto <red5_2@...>
Date:Tuesday, January 21, 2003, 6:22
>Also, there's three moods I have no idea what I should call. They, roughly, >corresponds to English "ought to", "need to" and "must". The difference >between the two later is a bit blurry, but basically the former indicates an >inner need of the subject, the later an outside compulsion. Eg _ta raig koi_ >"I must eat (because otherwise I starve)" vs _ta raig tsin_ "I must eat >(because someone forces me to)", _ta_ being the pronoun "I" and _raig_ >present tense finite verb "eat(s)".
I would call 'need to' necessitative, 'ought to' obligative. I don't know what to do for 'must', maybe use devitative (from 'deber')? ---- "Everyone's different, except me." --Noktakanto