9.11. Mixed modal connection

It is possible to mix logical connection (explained in Chapter 14) with modal connection, in a way that simultaneously asserts the logical connection and the modal relationship. Consider the sentences:

Example 9.74.

mi	nelci	do	.ije	mi	nelci	la	.djein.
I	like	you.	And	I	like	that-named	Jane.

which is a logical connection, and

Example 9.75.

mi	nelci	do	.iki'ubo	mi	nelci	la	.djein.
I	like	you.	Justified-by	I	like	that-named	Jane.

The meanings of Example 9.74 and Example 9.75 can be simultaneously expressed by combining the two compound cmavo, thus:

Example 9.76.

mi	nelci	do	.ijeki'ubo	mi	nelci	la	.djein.
I	like	you.	And-justified-by	I	like	that-named	Jane.

Here the two sentences mi nelci do and mi nelci la .djein. are simultaneously asserted, their logical connection is asserted, and their causal relationship is asserted. The logical connective je comes before the modal ki'u in all such mixed connections.

Since mi nelci do and mi nelci la .djein. differ only in the final sumti, we can transform Example 9.76 into a mixed sumti connection:

Example 9.77.

mi	nelci	do	.eki'ubo	la	.djein.
I	like	you	and/because	that-named	Jane.

Note that this connection is an afterthought one. Mixed connectives are always afterthought; forethought connectives must be either logical or modal.

There are numerous other afterthought logical and non-logical connectives that can have modal information planted within them. For example, a bridi-tail connected version of Example 9.77 would be:

Example 9.78.

mi	nelci	do	gi'eki'ubo	nelci	la	.djein.
I	like	you	and/because	like	that-named	Jane.

The following three complex examples all mean the same thing.

Example 9.79.

mi	bevri	le	dakli
I	carry	the	sack.

.ijeseri'abo	tu'e	mi	bevri	le	gerku
And-[effect]	(	I	carry	the	dog.

.ijadu'ibo	mi	bevri	le	mlatu	[tu'u]
And/or-[equal]	I	carry	the	cat.	)

I carry the sack. As a result I carry the dog or I carry the cat, equally.

Example 9.80.

mi	bevri	le	dakli
I	carry	the	sack

gi'eseri'ake	bevri	le	gerku
and-[effect]	(carry	the	dog

gi'adu'ibo	bevri	le	mlatu	[ke'e]
and/or-[equal]	carry	the	cat)

I carry the sack and as a result carry the dog or carry the cat equally.

Example 9.81.

mi	bevri	le	dakli
I	carry	the	sack

.eseri'ake	le	gerku
and-[effect]	(the	dog

.adu'ibo	le	mlatu	[ke'e]
and/or-[equal]	the	cat)

I carry the sack, and as a result the cat or the dog equally.

In Example 9.79, the tu'e…tu'u brackets are the equivalent of the ke…ke'e brackets in Example 9.80 and Example 9.81, because ke…ke'e cannot extend across more than one sentence. It would also be possible to change the .ijeseri'abo to .ije seri'a, which would show that the tu'e…tu'u portion was an effect, but would not pin down the mi bevri le dakli portion as the cause. It is legal for a modal (or a tense; see Chapter 10) to modify the whole of a tu'e…tu'u construct.

Note: The uses of modals discussed in this section are applicable both to BAI modals and to fi'o-plus-selbri modals.