"irrealis" for particular morphological markers or clause types. Many languages with irrealis mood make further subdivisions between kinds of irrealis...
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irrealis mood is used to express something that is not known to be the case in reality. An example of the contrast between realis and irrealis moods is...
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is an irrealis verb form. Some languages have distinct irrealis grammatical verb forms. Many Indo-European languages preserve a subjunctive mood. Some...
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White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood is the fifteenth studio album by American indie rock band of Montreal, released on March 9, 2018. Singer Kevin Barnes said...
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English, and Old Norse. This use of the (new) optative past tense as an irrealis mood started apparently after the Proto-Germanic past tense that had been...
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subjunctive is one of the irrealis moods, which refer to what is not necessarily real. It is often contrasted with the indicative, a realis mood which principally...
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Old Javanese (section Mood)
denasalisation phenomenon can happen. Irrealis mood can be indicated by suffix -a to the verbs. The active irrealis verb can be constructed as active affixes...
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(habitual). Mood or modality—the reality of the state or action, that is, whether it is actual (realis), a possibility or a necessity (irrealis). For example...
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and jussive). Imperative mood can be denoted by the glossing abbreviation IMP. It is one of the irrealis moods. Imperative mood is often expressed using...
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surprise, entitled Rune Husk. On March 9, 2018, the album White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood was released on Polyvinyl, with singer Barnes explaining that the sound...
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Yimas language (section Irrealis mood)
between realis and irrealis events in Yimas, which accounts for the main variation in tense suffixes. In particular, the irrealis suffix /-k/ indicates...
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don't know what happened, because you started the whole thing"). The irrealis mood marker be, having no intrinsic tense refers to a current or future event...
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mood encompassing SAE past and present) compared to things that have as yet not occurred, but which may or may not occur in the future (irrealis mood)...
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Relic/Irrealis Mood did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 79 on the Top Current Albums Chart. "White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood" did not...
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"the minister said that + indicative" are preferred. Balkan sprachbund Irrealis mood For a more precise rendering, it would be possible to also translate...
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existed for a very long time for both scientists and philosophers. The irrealis moods are ways to categorize it or to speak about it. This helps explain the...
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constraints of reality or time." This shift from the realis to the irrealis mood is understood by all participants within the reference group. It enables...
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some cases, realis mood is used to convey present tense — often to indicate a state of being. Wuvulu speakers use an irrealis mood to convey future tense...
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that" (final) aysh: subjunctive, optative (marks the sentence as an irrealis mood) Subordination is relatively uncommon in Wenja; the language generally...
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language, such as the passive and causative forms, do not invoke an irrealis mood, but the term mizenkei was retained. [iv] The mizenkei base for verbs...
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Hmong language (section Mood)
𞄀𞄩𞄵. 'I will be going.' Yuav can also be analyzed as a marker of irrealis mood, for situations that are unfulfilled or unrealized. That includes hypothetical...
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Wuvulu-Aua language (section Mood)
uses mood, aspect markers, and time phrases to convey tense. Realis mood conveys past tense. (na-) ro=na-biri=ʔia 'They did it.' An irrealis mood does...
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sentences). Some creole languages have a marker of future time reference (or irrealis mood) modeled on the verb "go" as found in the going-to future of the English...
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Qʼanjobʼal language (section Future/Irrealis)
happen in the future, in which case it is considered 'unreal', or of irrealis mood, the event still only in the realm of thought or imagination. Ch(i)...
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and/or universal language tendencies. Some Creoles model a future tense/irrealis mood marker on "go" from the superstrate (analogous to English "am going...
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element' and TAM 'tense–aspect–mood element' (also NG number–gender, PN person–number, TA tense–aspect, TAME tense–aspect–mood–evidential) etc. These are...
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present irrealis ḭš-tachalá̰x-lḭ PAST-shatter-PFV ḭš-tachalá̰x-lḭ PAST-shatter-PFV ‘it could have shattered now (but hasn’t)’ future irrealis ka-tḭ-tachalá̰x-lḭ...
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(expectation) Other specific uses of should involve the expression of irrealis mood: in condition clauses (protasis), e.g., "If it should rain" or "Should...
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only in realis mood) I-tataba 3SG.ERG-cut geu wood:MUT (southern dialect) I-tataba geu 3SG.ERG-cut wood:MUT 'He cut up the wood.' Irrealis pronouns are...
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instrumental marking, descriptions of static situations and to express irrealis mood. In Kaska narratives, imperfective verb forms commonly accompany a humorous...
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