The consequential mood (
abbreviated
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, less often or ) is a verb form used in some
Eskaleut languages
The Eskaleut (), Eskimo–Aleut or Inuit–Yupik–Unangan languages are a language family native to the northern portions of the North American continent and a small part of northeastern Asia. Languages in the family are indigenous to parts of w ...
to mark dependent
adverbial clauses for reason ('because') or time ('when'). Due to the broader meaning of the term ''mood'' in the context of Eskimo grammar, the consequential can be considered outside of the proper scope of
grammatical mood.
In
Central Alaskan Yup'ik, the consequential expresses the meaning 'because':
In
Central Siberian Yupik the two forms of the consequential mood are used only for the meanings 'when' and 'while', whereas 'because' is expressed by a particle added to the indicative. Similarly, the consequential expresses the meaning of 'when' in
North Alaskan Iñupiaq.
The consequential suffix ''-nga-'' is a descendant of the
Proto-Eskimoan derivational suffix ''-nga-'', whose meaning is 'having Ved', 'having been Ved'.
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Eskaleut languages
Grammatical moods
Inupiat language
Yupik languages