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( More accurately , the italicized form will indicate both the dubitative mode and the person / number of the subject and ... In clauses containing a WH - word , the dubitative indicates that it is uncertain what should fill the slot ...
( More accurately , the italicized form will indicate both the dubitative mode and the person / number of the subject and ... In clauses containing a WH - word , the dubitative indicates that it is uncertain what should fill the slot ...
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It most commonly takes the form -pan , and in Moose Cree , its most basic function is to indicate imperfective aspect in the past . However , it can also be used to indicate that an event or state is hypothetical , or more specifically ...
It most commonly takes the form -pan , and in Moose Cree , its most basic function is to indicate imperfective aspect in the past . However , it can also be used to indicate that an event or state is hypothetical , or more specifically ...
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What the past tense marking does here is indicate that there is at least some degree of remoteness from reality ... For this reason , the use of the dubitative is not anomolous here ; it indicates that the proposition may or may not be ...
What the past tense marking does here is indicate that there is at least some degree of remoteness from reality ... For this reason , the use of the dubitative is not anomolous here ; it indicates that the proposition may or may not be ...
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