(V) Verb template: root-(derivational suffix*)-MOOD-VAGR(=clitic*) (M) Matrix MOOD system • Indicative

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• Subjects: Ela; kalaallisut
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sinip-puq sleep-IND.IV-3s ‘he is/was asleep.’ • Interrogative sinip-pa? sleep-QUE.3s ‘is/was he asleep?’ Dependent MOOD system • Topic factive sinik-ka-mi sleep-FCT®-3s® ‘being asleep, (he®…)’ • Topic hypothetical sinik-ku-ni sleep-HYP®-3s® ‘if/when he ® is/was asleep’ • Topic elaborating sinil-lu-ni sleep-ELA®-3s® ‘asleep’ • Topic non-factual sinin-na-ni sleep-NON®-3s® ‘without sleeping’ • Topic habitual sinik-kaannga-mi sleep-HAB®-3s® ‘whenever he ® is/was asleep’ • Optative sinil-li sleep-OPT.3s ‘let him sleep’ • Imperative sini-lluar-na sleep-well-IMP.2s ‘sleep well!’ • Background factive sini-mm-at sleep-FCT⊥-3s ⊥ ‘because he ⊥ is/was asleep’ • Background hypothetical sini-pp-at sini-HYP⊥-3s ⊥ ‘if/when he ⊥ is/was asleep’ • Background elaborating sinit-tu-q sleep-ELA⊥-3s ⊥ ‘while he ⊥ is/was asleep’ • (‘-not ’ + Background elab.) sini-nngit-tu-q sleep-not-ELA⊥-3s ⊥ ‘while he ⊥ is/was not asleep’ • Background habitual sinik-kaanng-at sleep-HAB⊥-3s ⊥ ‘whenever he ⊥ is/was asleep’ Kalaallisut system of verbal inflection is tenseless: there is no counterpart of English past, present, or future tense.