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===Modal inflections===
===Modal inflections===
Similar to German and Japanese modal particles
Similar to German and Japanese modal particles
*''-ah > -abók'' = similarly to German ''ja'' or English ''you know how...'', used to convey a fact the listener is expected to know.
*''-ak > -abók'' = similarly to German ''ja'' or English ''you know how...'', used to convey a fact the listener is expected to know.
*''-ah > -agólah'' = to try doing
*''-ak > -agólak'' = to try doing
*''-ah'' > ''-afczá'' = German ''eben'' or ''halt''; expresses resignation, roughly 'whatcha gonna do?' or 'all right then'
*''-ak'' > ''-afczá'' = German ''eben'' or ''halt''; expresses resignation, roughly 'whatcha gonna do?' or 'all right then'
*''-ah'' > ''-bál'' = German ''doch'', emphasis or [[w:mirativity]]
*''-ak'' > ''-bál'' = German ''doch'', emphasis or [[w:mirativity]]


===Relative clauses===
===Relative clauses===