Roshterian: Difference between revisions
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====Evidentiality affixes==== | ====Evidentiality affixes==== | ||
Evidentials mark the source of the speaker's information; evidential marking is mandatory for all verbs. | Evidentials mark the source of the speaker's information; evidential marking is mandatory for all verbs. | ||
*''to-'' (PTal ''*tosən''): | *''to-'' (PTal ''*tosən''): I witnessed or otherwise directly experienced it | ||
*''pyn-'': hearsay or | *''pyn-'': Information I obtained from hearsay or am quoting | ||
*''dre-'': a third-party source I consider credible | *''dre-'': a third-party source I consider credible | ||
*''mei-'': my own inference or assumption | *''mei-'': my own inference or assumption | ||