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In [[Inuit grammar|Inuktitut]], the causative is used to link propositions that follow logically. It is much more broadly used in Inuktitut than similar structures are in English. The causative is one of the most important ways of connecting two clauses in Inuktitut: |
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(see [[Greenlandic language#Causative mood]]) |
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In Greenlandic, the causative (sometimes called the ''conjunctive'') is used to construct subordinate clauses that mean "because", "since" or "when" and is also sometimes used to mean "that". The causative is used also in main clauses to imply some underlying cause.<ref>Bjørnum(2003) pp. 43–44</ref> |
In [[Greenlandic language|Greenlandic]], the causative (sometimes called the ''conjunctive'') is used to construct subordinate clauses that mean "because", "since" or "when" and is also sometimes used to mean "that". The causative is used also in main clauses to imply some underlying cause.<ref>Bjørnum(2003) pp. 43–44</ref> |
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|{go out}-COND/2SG remember-FUT-IMP fox-are-CAUS |
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|"If you go out, remember that there are foxes" (Greenlandic)}} |
|"If you go out, remember that there are foxes" (Greenlandic)}} |
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== Yup'ik == |
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In [[Central Alaskan Yup'ik]], the causal suffix ''-nga'' is used to form subordinate clauses that are translated as "because", or "when". |
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Revision as of 08:00, 11 August 2023
In linguistic morphology, causative mood serves to express a causal relation, e.g., a logical inference relation, between the current clause and the clause or sentence it refers to. It occurs, for example, in Eskimo-Aleut languages. Causative mood is not to be confused with the unrelated notion of causative voice, a valency-shifting operation in many languages.
Inuktitut
(see Inuit grammar#Causative)
In Inuktitut, the causative is used to link propositions that follow logically. It is much more broadly used in Inuktitut than similar structures are in English. The causative is one of the most important ways of connecting two clauses in Inuktitut:
Qannirmat qainngittunga
ᖃᓐᓂᖅ
qanniq-
to snow
ᒪᑦ
-mat
4 NSP CAUS
ᙯ
qai-
to come
ᙱᑦ
-nngit-
not
ᑐᖓ
-tunga
1SG NSP
Because it is snowing, I am not coming. (Inuktitut) Unknown glossing abbreviation(s) (help);
Greenlandic
(see Greenlandic language#Causative mood)
In Greenlandic, the causative (sometimes called the conjunctive) is used to construct subordinate clauses that mean "because", "since" or "when" and is also sometimes used to mean "that". The causative is used also in main clauses to imply some underlying cause.[1]
qasu-gami
be tired-CAU/3SG
innar-poq
go to bed-3SG
"He went to bed because he was tired" (Greenlandic)
matta-ttor-ama
blubber-eat-CAU/1SG
"I've eaten blubber (that's why I'm not hungry)" (Greenlandic)
ani-guit
go out-COND/2SG
eqqaama-ssa-vat
remember-FUT-IMP
teriannia-qar-mat
fox-are-CAUS
"If you go out, remember that there are foxes" (Greenlandic)
Yup'ik
In Central Alaskan Yup'ik, the causal suffix -nga is used to form subordinate clauses that are translated as "because", or "when".
References
- ^ Bjørnum(2003) pp. 43–44