An Introduction to Classical Nahuatl by Launey/Mackay

An Introduction to Classical Nahuatl by Launey/Mackay

Author:Launey/Mackay [Launey/Mackay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780511987908
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011-01-31T21:00:00+00:00


22.2 The Counterfactual

This form is built on base 3 (the middle base), with the suffix -zquia.1 The plural is in -’ (glottal stop).

The way the counterfactual relates to the future is somewhat comparable to the way the pluperfect relates to the preterite, indicating that at a moment in the past an event was foreseen (and so at that moment it could have been spoken of in the future) but as a result of some hindrance, this event did not in fact take place. Possible English translations are: ‘I was going to VERB’, ‘I should have VERBed’, ‘I would have VERBed’, ‘I almost VERBed’, ‘I was trying to VERB’: Ca yèhutl in niquìtzquia

That's what I was going to say



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