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')?
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