Paradigm C: Causal Connectives

Elements:

kou	physical sense
moi	motivational sense
rau	justificational sense
soa	sense of entailment

no-/-no-	negative affixes
nu-/-nu-	conversion affixes
i-	mark of sentence forms
-ki	mark of context-free forms

Contexts:

C-Connectives occur in 2 context-specific and 1 context-free form: (1) prepositional (before arguments) where they are unmarked; (2) conjuctival (between sentences) where marked with i; and (3) either of these contexts or any context in which L-Connectives may occur (see Paradigm B) in forms marked by marked by a leading suffix -ki (possibly with a prefixed nu-, nuno-, or no-) and with a following …ki.

English Expression

Before Arguments
(Prepositional)

Before Sentences
(Conjuctival)

Context-Free
(with ki)

because, since, for, etc.

kou	+ Causes
moi
rau
soa

E +	ikou	+ C
	imoi
	irau
	isoa

nukouki…ki
numoiki…ki
nurauki…ki
nusoaki…ki

therefore, thus, so, etc.

nukou	+ Effects
numoi
nurau
nusoa

C +	inukou	+ E
	inumoi
	inurau
	inusoa

kouki…ki
moiki…ki
rauki…ki
soaki…ki

although, even though,, etc.

nokou	+ Causes
nomoi
norau
nosoa

E +	inokou	+ C
	inomoi
	inorau
	inosoa

nunokouki…ki
nunomoiki…ki
nunorauki…ki
nunosoaki…ki

nevertheless, despite that, even so, etc.

nunokou	+ Effects
nunomoi
nunorau
nunosoa

C +	inunokou	+ E
	inunomoi
	inunorau
	inunosoa

nokouki…ki
nomoiki…ki
norauki…ki
nosoaki…ki