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{{Example|She kaqkıu núım.|The star is (necessarily) visible. <small>(in all "possible worlds")</small>}} | {{Example|She kaqkıu núım.|The star is (necessarily) visible. <small>(in all "possible worlds")</small>}} | ||
{{Example|Ao kaqkıu núım.|The star would be visible. <small>(e.g.: if it were nighttime | {{Example|Ao kaqkıu núım.|The star would be visible. <small>(e.g.: if it were nighttime — which it is not — it would have definitely been visible)</small>}} | ||
{{Example|Daı kaqkıu núım.|The star can/may be visible. <small>(in some "possible worlds")</small>}} | {{Example|Daı kaqkıu núım.|The star can/may be visible. <small>(in some "possible worlds")</small>}} | ||
{{Example|Ea kaqkıu núım.|The star could have been visible. <small>(e.g.: if it were nighttime | {{Example|Ea kaqkıu núım.|The star could have been visible. <small>(e.g.: if it were nighttime — which it is not — it would have been a possibility)</small>}} | ||
In the rising-falling tone {{done|4}}, there is an additional "restriction", a [[complementizer phrase]], adding an if-then structure. The pattern is {{t|Shê ꝡä if-clause nä then-clause}}. | In the rising-falling tone {{done|4}}, there is an additional "restriction", a [[complementizer phrase]], adding an if-then structure. The pattern is {{t|Shê ꝡä if-clause nä then-clause}}. | ||