docs(eittlandic): more Eittlandic moods
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@ -435,16 +435,38 @@ The conditional mood allows speakers of Eittlandic to speak about
conditional events while marking them as such. This translates into conditional events while marking them as such. This translates into
several strategies. 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 indicative declension. It marks conditionals the speakers estimates to
be unlikely. be unlikely.
#+html: ::: tip Example #+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, well eat it If you somehow give me a fish, well eat it
#+html: ::: #+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, well 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, well eat it / When youll give me a fish, well eat it
#+html: :::
**** Causative :noexport: **** Causative :noexport:
**** Jussive **** Jussive
@ -462,6 +484,28 @@ Please eat your food.
#+html: ::: #+html: :::
**** Optative :noexport: **** 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 **** Dubitative
The dubitative mood in Eittlandic is a mood used by the speaker to The dubitative mood in Eittlandic is a mood used by the speaker to