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MorphemeAddict@hidden.email wrote: > > What is the reason for making the POS of the following five words disjunct > instead of verb? > > tamemu - Maybe, Perhaps, That's possible. > bitamemu - Yes, That's correct. > ketamemu - Probably, That's probably correct. > fotamemu - Probably not, Not likely, That's probably not correct. > jutamemu - No, That's not true, That's wrong, That's incorrect. > The semantics of epistemic modals change when they are not disjuncts (from modalities to mental states). See section 16.4 of the reference manual. For example, "tamema" means something like 'It is accepted as possible that ...', where the implied subject is generic, such as 'people in general within the current context'. With the disjunct form, the speaker is speaking only for himself. Regards, Rick Morneau http://www.eskimo.com/~ram