When one looks closely into Inuktut pragmatics, one finds this:
Taamasi Qumaq:
uqaqtuq – inuk suliniraqsuni isumaminik uqatuarami taga uqaqtuq piujumik piunngitumigluuniit
person/ truth+claims+he+when/ (about)+his+mind/, talks+immediately+when/, thus/, speak+he/ good/ good+not+it+a+or/
or,
speaks - when a person claims to tell the truth as far as he/she is aware of and faithful to that gotten knowledge, thus, says something - good or bad - about that given subject (vouchsafed)
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In Inuktut, the semantic and connotational features are "invisible" (ie, "implied") in formalized/ritualized speech, like any and all human languages. But it is systematic and systemic in that it is called an "3rd person, singular, indicative mood" in linguistics. This verbal inflection is then compared to other forms: "let me..."; "am I..?" (I'll explain these verbal modality in later posts)
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