diff --git a/docs/eittlandic/grammar.org b/docs/eittlandic/grammar.org index de21d1f..01286bd 100644 --- a/docs/eittlandic/grammar.org +++ b/docs/eittlandic/grammar.org @@ -435,16 +435,38 @@ The conditional mood allows speakers of Eittlandic to speak about conditional events while marking them as such. This translates into several strategies. -The first strategy adds /-(u)sk(a)-/ between the verb root and its +The first strategy adds /-(u)þ(a)-/ between the verb root and its indicative declension. It marks conditionals the speakers estimates to be unlikely. #+html: ::: tip Example -Ef þú gefuskar mér ein fisk, ér etim þat +Ef þú gefuþar mér ein fisk, vér etim þat If you somehow give me a fish, we’ll eat it #+html: ::: +The second strategy, which is the default strategy and holds a neutral +stance towards how likely the hypothetical situation is, uses the verb +/skal(a)/ as an auxilliary in the conditional mood. + +#+html: ::: tip Example +Ef þú skaluþ gef mér ein fisk, vér etim þat + +If you give me a fish, we’ll eat it +#+html: ::: + +The third stategy, which indicates some confidence by the speaker that +the situation is likely, is to use the verb /man(u)/ the same way as +/skal(a)/ is used in the second strategy. This strategy is also +sometimes used to express a softer future, though one that still might +not happen. + +#+html: ::: tip Example +Ef þú manuþ gef mér ein fisk, vér etim þat + +If you give me a fish, we’ll eat it / When you’ll give me a fish, we’ll eat it +#+html: ::: + **** Causative :noexport: **** Jussive @@ -462,6 +484,28 @@ Please eat your food. #+html: ::: **** Optative :noexport: +The optative mood serves to express wishes. There are two main +strategies to express the optative mood in Eittlandic. + +The first one is a syntactic construction using the verb /vilja/ with a +nominal phrase or verbal phrase with a verb in the infinitive mood +being the wished element. It denotes a wish rather than a want. + +#+html: ::: tip Example +Ek vil far. + +I wish I could go. +#+html: ::: + +The second strategy is a morphological mood of the verb formed by +inserting -(i)nn(i)- between the verb root and its subjunctive +declension. + +#+html: ::: tip Example +Ek ferinnir. + +I want to go. +#+html: ::: **** Dubitative The dubitative mood in Eittlandic is a mood used by the speaker to