In a previous entry here, I talked about the myserious vaa ne that comes at the end of many lines in our texts.
I noted that Barbara Hollenbach in her sketch of Copala Triqui writes
However as I look at more examples, it is not clear that it correct to say that they affirm the truth of the preceding complement. For some cases where the speaker is talking about future events, the vaa seems to express a hope that that the statement will be true.
Consider the following examples:
In this example, vaa comes after the clause 'and hopefully will live for three thousand years in this world.' But it doesn't seem right to say that the speaker is affirming the truth of a hope.
Another example of the same thing:
I noted that Barbara Hollenbach in her sketch of Copala Triqui writes
'The verbs vaa32 'to exist' and uun1 'to become' often take a sentence of any type as a subject complement with no complementizer. These verbs serve to affirm the truth of the complement sentence, and they can follow the complement as well as precede it'.This is an important clue to understanding syntax of such sentences. The final vaa takes the preceding material as a subject complement.
However as I look at more examples, it is not clear that it correct to say that they affirm the truth of the preceding complement. For some cases where the speaker is talking about future events, the vaa seems to express a hope that that the statement will be true.
Consider the following examples:
In this example, vaa comes after the clause 'and hopefully will live for three thousand years in this world.' But it doesn't seem right to say that the speaker is affirming the truth of a hope.
Another example of the same thing:
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