tonåjů (Stative Verb) - I predict that

tonåjů (Subjective Epistemic Marker)

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tonåjů

Grammatical function

• Type: Epistemic Marker / Sentence Final Compound

• Function: Subjective Prediction / Foresight

• Meaning: “I predict that…”, “I foresee that…”, “I visualize that…”

  • Usage: Marks the preceding clause as a future event or outcome that the speaker actively visualizes or predicts. Unlike the Future Tense (pa-), which simply states the future, tonåjů emphasizes the speaker’s act of foresight.

Pronunciation

IPA: /t̪onau̯juu̯/

Semantic field

Smntc_Field Perception

Translations

• English: I predict, I foresee, I envision
• Polish: przewiduję, że; widzę, że

Example sentence

Xő pahaśù tonåjů. I predict he will run. (Lit: He will-run, [I]-time-see-[that]).

Topo patoponů tonåjů. I predict it will raining (right now, somewhere else). / I foresee rain.

Alternative Forms

• nåjů (Dropped Subject Form).

Etymology

to (Subject Marker) + nå (Time/Now - functioning as “Timeline”) + -jů (Visual Suffix). Logic: “The statement is time-visualized.” The speaker “sees” the event on the timeline.

Synonyms

• toxăhè (I am certain - stronger conviction).
• paxiŕa (It will be - objective future fact).

Antonyms

• tohùfwo (I doubt / I cannot see clearly).

Derived terms

• Null