Mood: mood
| Values: | Ind | Imp | Jus | Cnd | Opt | Pot |
In Naija the Mood feature which expresses modality is a feature of auxiliaries and verbs.
The Ind and Imp values are only carried by instances of verbs following the English morphology, e.g teaches, teaching, taught…
Ind: indicative
Example
- you say grandma need push “You said grandma needs to be pushed”
- dat means you be student “That means you are a student”
Imp: imperative
Example
- you want test me ? give me sample “You want to test me ? Give me a sample”
Jus: jussive
The jussive is used to exhort someone to do something. It is carried by the auxiliary make.
Example
- make you dey tink of oda people “you should think of other people”
Cnd: conditional
The conditional mood is used to express conditions that are dependent upon a hypothetical circumstance.
Example
- I for show you serious “I would have shown you, seriously”
Nec: necessitative
The necessitative mood indicates the need to carry out a certain action.
Example
- I gats go get di colour. “I need to go get the color”
Opt: optative
The optative mood indicates a desire for something to occur.
Example
- I con dey go pray sey make God change my life!”. “I was praying for God to change my life”
Pot: potential
The potential mood indicates the ability to carry out an action.
Example
- why you no fit advise dese children?”. “Why can’t you advise these children?”
Mood in other languages: [ab] [akk] [arr] [bej] [bg] [bm] [cs] [cy] [el] [eme] [en] [es] [ess] [et] [fi] [fr] [ga] [gd] [gn] [gub] [hbo] [hu] [hy] [it] [jaa] [ka] [ky] [mdf] [myv] [pcm] [ps] [qpm] [qtd] [quc] [ru] [say] [sl] [sv] [tpn] [tr] [tt] [u] [ug] [uk] [urb] [urj] [xcl]