Smokies / Affrilachian Grammar:

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Group A: Prepositional Modals

aint Affri., ben, beyun Affri., did / dint, don, ferter, shud, c'n / kyaint, cud, ud / d, ort, must, haffer, haint, darist, lacter, ewstter, maie, mout, fera, needs, belongter, over / ervtha / erv, giyut Affri.

Group B: Postpositional Modals

meaning
opprocess
a-downresultive
ponresumptive
affinchoative Emph.
autthoroughness
endurative
bacretroactive

Group C: Affix Modals

abstraction meaning
-engeneral, from1
-nentopposite / near
a-in the manner of
ter-from to / towards
be-in / inside
fer-by / for / on behalf of
-genstagainst / facing
self-reflectve / self-implying

1 : especially with auxiliaries

Group D: Affix Positions

meaning
be-...-encausative mood
ker-impactive
a-...-ingerund
copula forms: hev / be
-'d"would", "had"
-'s"has", "have", "are", "is", "was"
-'a'-"have", "had", "will"
-'uz"was"
-'re"are", "is"
-'lx"will"
-'m"am" Smks.
-'er"were" Affri.

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