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  • ====Case==== *Absolutive (ABS): Subject of intransitive verbs and direct object of transitive ones
    6 KB (893 words) - 19:14, 15 July 2015
  • Class 5a nouns take either the prefix mi- or the prefix įh- in the absolutive case and have no prefixes. The absolutive case is used for the subject of transitive verbs, and both the subject and direc
    13 KB (1,578 words) - 14:12, 11 April 2021
  • ...sative aligned language, and has relatively free word order because of its case-marking, though word order tends towards S-O-V. ...or as modifiers, it is common to see '''ahāmatya''' stand alone, in which case it is thought of as a nominal, with the implication of “(that which is) w
    57 KB (7,227 words) - 11:26, 25 March 2021
  • ...must conjugate to agree with their subjects in person, number and, in the case of third person subjects, grammatical gender/animacy. This is done through ...y be used in a transitive sentence, a pronoun may be used at the end of an intransitive or reflexive sentence (even as this might break the usual VSO word order).
    36 KB (5,870 words) - 22:03, 17 January 2020
  • PAn had the following proclitic case-markers: '''na''' for ergative, '''ta''' for accusative, and '''a''' for di ...(I). The system of triggers indicate which element will be in the ‘direct’ case (D). Other elements revert to their original cases. In the Local and Instru
    10 KB (1,473 words) - 00:29, 31 March 2024
  • | Case = Yes ===Case system===
    22 KB (2,766 words) - 06:05, 20 January 2017
  • ...'''Eḥeiθymme''' has strict V2 word order despite the presence of extensive case marking. ...and the suffix '''-umma''', which morphs to '''-ymmē''' in the absolutive case, and '''amran''' is the imperfective verbal form from the root '''M-R-N'''
    44 KB (5,796 words) - 04:45, 1 April 2020
  • ...ion or state and can make up a clause by themselves. This is often not the case with non-finite verb forms, which rarely make up a clause by themselves and ...cative object by an noun phrase in the absolutive case (since the locative case is only used with place nouns):
    31 KB (4,874 words) - 05:47, 6 September 2021
  • ===Case=== ...rder is Possessed - Possessor, with the Possessor marked with the genitive case e.g.
    39 KB (6,064 words) - 14:18, 5 December 2019
  • | issue = got infected with a nasty case of ''topic-comment'' grammar, and needs to be treated accordingly. ...s likely that they once only differed in length, but such is no longer the case.
    14 KB (2,135 words) - 19:06, 5 July 2021
  • The following are suffixes. These come after the fusional case/aspect marker. ====Intransitive Verbs====
    24 KB (3,224 words) - 14:47, 25 July 2023
  • ....g. ''keyka-'' "is seen". The subject of patient focus verb is in the Abs. case and there can be no direct object. ...stated, e.g. ''keri-'' "rule". The subject of the verb is in the ergative case and the direct object in the absolutive.
    28 KB (3,899 words) - 21:46, 19 March 2020
  • ...el. For example: ''*keéčü'' "spruce" became ''*keečǘ-däx'' in the genitive case. The tone became no longer distinguished by Middle Proto-Carpathian, but it ...eight cases were proposed. Adjectives agreed with their nouns according to case and number just like in modern descendants, which may be an innovation, inf
    12 KB (1,759 words) - 18:52, 14 April 2022
  • ====Case==== ! case
    20 KB (2,818 words) - 21:36, 4 July 2021
  • Pronouns, nouns, adjectives, and certain numerals decline (for case, number and often gender), while verbs conjugate for person and tense. The ...ages|Finio-Dhannic languages]]. Certain words appear to preserve a seventh case - the instrumental - but it is extremely rare to encounter this form in mod
    16 KB (2,462 words) - 20:47, 4 July 2021
  • ...ated within the same affix, often fused completely to the root (usually in case of nouns). Sometimes nouns are inflected for animacy (either animate or ina ...some (like ''unuara'' "to sleep") belong only to one type (in this case - intransitive, but technically it can be turned into transitive with a causative suffix:
    16 KB (2,467 words) - 09:34, 29 July 2019
  • ...positions can be attached, whose meanings may change depending on the used case. The suffixes and their conjunction with the postposition ''s'' 'in' are sh ...can be build. The status constructus of the nominative corresponds to the case genitive, the use of status constructi of the local cases will be discussed
    17 KB (2,584 words) - 14:12, 8 February 2021
  • ..., or case (with the exception being the construct state case marker). Core case relations are expressed by strict word order of the core noun arguments, wi ==== Case ====
    29 KB (3,886 words) - 04:53, 9 April 2023
  • ...ve and intransitive) evolved into seven (all of which can be transitive or intransitive in certain contexts), aided by a rigorous pattern of ablaut of verb prefixe ...ng vowels, while the short vowels have altered in quality. However, in the case of short and long historical */ɔ/, most speakers have merged them to /ɑ/;
    14 KB (2,028 words) - 15:05, 8 February 2021
  • ...the core arguments, illustrating the two-way distinction in the subject of intransitive clauses.|240px]] ...[w:volition (linguistics)|volition]] with the arguments. Depending on the intransitive verb, different cases would be used.
    33 KB (5,041 words) - 21:50, 4 July 2021
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