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The phonology and morphology of Filomeno Mata Totonac

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4.7.1.1.4 ka- in subordinate clauses. In subordinate clauses following certain complementtaking<br />

verbs, irrealis mood may be an alternative to the more frequently found future tense <strong>of</strong> the<br />

subordinate verb. This is most common following the invariant particle #lakaskínka ‘it is<br />

necessary’ (literally ‘it would have been necessary’ from the passive form <strong>of</strong> the past<br />

counterfactual <strong>of</strong> laka=skin FACE-ask ‘need’).<br />

24) s%lakaskínka napín’a&<br />

/s"-laka-skin-kan-li& na-pin-aa- [cg]/<br />

PAST-FACE-ask-REF-PFTV FUT-go2-IMPF-2SUB.sg<br />

‘it’s necessary for you to go’<br />

25) s%lakaskínka kapíti&<br />

/s"-laka-skin-kan-li& ka-pin-ti&/<br />

PAST-FACE-ask-REF-PFTV IRR-go2-2SUB.sg<br />

‘it’s necessary for you to go’<br />

Subordinate verbs following main clause verb wan ‘tell’ are also inflected in irrealis mood.<br />

26) kwánii n kakaas%áka<br />

/k-wan-ni-li& ka-kaa-s"aka-li&/<br />

1SUB-tell-DAT-PFTV IRR-OBJ.pl-scrub-PFTV<br />

‘I told him to scrub the floor’<br />

27) kaktáakii kiwaní<br />

/ka-k-ta-kii-li& kin-wan-nii-yaa/<br />

IRR-1SUB-MV-upright-PFTV 1OBJ-tell-DAT-IMPF<br />

‘he tells me to get up’<br />

Intonation differentiates this usage <strong>of</strong> wan from syntactically identical quotative sentences, that<br />

is, ‘he tells me to get up’ vs. ‘he tells me: “get up!”’<br />

<strong>The</strong> contexts in which IRR ka- occurs in or alternates with the future tense in subordinate clauses<br />

is an issue deserving <strong>of</strong> further research.<br />

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