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In linguistics, grammatical mood is a grammatical feature of verbs, used for signaling modality. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] : 181 [ 3 ] That is, it is the use of verbal inflections that allow speakers to express their attitude toward what they are saying (for example, a statement of fact, of desire, of command, etc.).
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The potential mood (abbreviated POT) is a mood of probability indicating that, in the opinion of the speaker, the action or occurrence is considered likely. It is used in many languages, including in Finnish , [ 16 ] Japanese , [ 17 ] and Sanskrit (including its ancestor Proto-Indo-European ), [ 18 ] and in the Sami languages .
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The optative mood (/ ˈ ɒ p t ə t ɪ v / OP-tə-tiv or / ɒ p ˈ t eɪ t ɪ v / op-TAY-tiv; [1] abbreviated OPT) is a grammatical mood that indicates a wish or hope regarding a given action.It is a superset of the cohortative mood and is closely related to the subjunctive mood but is distinct from the desiderative mood.
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