Abstract
Previous analyses of -hoi, -saai and -maai emphasize their non-aspectual nature, separating them from verbal suffixes like perfective marker -zo, experiential marker -gwo, imperfective marker -zyu and progressive marker -gan, which are generally considered to be falling under the aspectual group. However, the problem is even if it is correct to claim for their non-aspectual nature, the basic semantics of -hoi, -saai and -maai remains unknown. As discussed in Chap. 2, despite that previous analyses do correctly describe some meanings of these suffixes, no unified meaning has been provided to any of them, with the underlying semantics of these suffixes yet to be revealed. What is peculiar about -hoi, -saai and -maai is that although they are morphologically attached to the verb, they can interpret with all verbal arguments. These suffixes are essentially quantificational, since it is from the suffix that the quantificational meaning of the sentence in question is derived. Hence, any analyses which aim to adequately capture the semantics of these verbal suffixes must account for their quantificational meaning.
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