Editing Choctaw language (section)

====Verb suffixes====
:While the verbal prefixes indicate relations between the verb and its arguments, the suffixes cover a wider semantic range, including information about valence, modality, tense and evidentiality.

The following examples show modal and tense suffixes like /-aachii̱/ 'irrealis'(approximately equal to future), /-tok/ 'past tense', /-h/ 'default tenses':<ref>Broadwell (2006:169-183)</ref>

{{interlinear
| lang = cho
| indent = 2
| top = {{lang|cho|Baliilih.}}|Baliili -h.|run -TNS|'She runs.'
}}

{{interlinear
| lang = cho
| indent = 2
| top = {{lang|cho|Baliilaachi̱h.}}|Baliili -aachi̱ -h.|run -IRR -TNS|'She will run.'
}}

There are also suffixes that show evidentiality, or the source of evidence for a statement, as in the following pair:<ref>Broadwell (2006:184-190)</ref>

{{interlinear
| lang = cho
| indent = 2
| top = {{lang|cho|Nipi awashlihli.}}|Nipi awashli -hli|meat fry -{{gcl|FIRST:HAND|first hand evidential}}|'She fried the meat.' (I saw/heard/smelled her do it.)
}}

{{interlinear
| lang = cho
| indent = 2
| top = {{lang|cho|Nipi awashlitoka̱sha.}}|Nipi awashli -tok -a̱sha|meat fry -PT -{{gcl|GUESS|guess evidential}}|'She fried the meat.' (I guess)
}}

There are also suffixes of illocutionary force which may indicate that the sentence is a question, an exclamation, or a command:<ref>Broadwell (2006:191-193)</ref>

{{interlinear
| lang = cho
| indent = 2
| top = {{lang|cho|Awashlitoko̱?}}|Awashli -tok -o̱|fry -PT -Q|'Did she fry it?'
}}

{{interlinear
| lang = cho
| indent = 2
| top = {{lang|cho|Chahta siahokii!}}|Chahta si- a -h -okii|Choctaw 1S.II- be -TNS -EXCL|'I'm Choctaw!' or 'I certainly am a Choctaw!'
}}