What is deliberative mood?

Definition
	Deliberative mood is a directive mood which signals the speaker's request for instruction from the addressee as to whether to do the proposition expressed in the utterance.

Example (English)
	Shall I water the grass?

Example (Afar)

The -oo suffix signals deliberative mood, as in aboo ‘Shall I do (it)?’

Adapted from:

Bliese 1981 146

Generic
	Deliberative mood is a kind of
	What is directive modality?

Concept module: deliberative mood
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