Mode (the psychological background of the action as represented by the speaker), e.g. indicative, optative, conditional, interrogative, and potential.
- Nida (1949), a pag.149

Mode (the psychological atmosphere of an action as interpreted by the speaker): a. Indicative (or declarative) [...] b. Narrative [...] c. Optative [...] d. Desiderative [...] e. Intentive [...] f. Interrogative [...] g. Negative [...] h. Quotative [...] i. Dubitative [...] j. Potential [...] k. Conditional [...] l. Subjunctive [...] m. Obligatory [...] n. Imperative [...] o. Permissive [...]
- Nida (1949), a pag.168-169