Chlouvānem/Positional and motion verbs: Difference between revisions

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! Meaning !! Monodirectional verb (root) !! Multidirectional verb (root)
! Meaning !! Monodirectional verb (root) !! Multidirectional verb (root)
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| to go, to walk || ''flulke'' (flun-) || ''peithake''
| to go, to walk || ''lulke'' (lun-) || ''peithake''
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| to go with a vehicle<small> (trans.)<br/>(except small boats, bikes, and airplanes)</small> || ''vaske'' || ''pūrṣake''
| to go with a vehicle<small> (trans.)<br/>(except small boats, bikes, and airplanes)</small> || ''vaske'' || ''pūrṣake''
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As far as morphology is concerned, most of them are regular class 1 or 2 verbs, except for:
As far as morphology is concerned, most of them are regular class 1 or 2 verbs, except for:
* ''flulke'' is highly irregular, with the irregular present singular ''flå, flin, fliven'', suppletive past (''dām-, dāmek'') and perfect (''elīs-, elīsa'') stems, as well as the irregular optative stem ''fleina-''.
* ''lulke'' is highly irregular, with the irregular present singular '', lin, liven'', suppletive past (''dām-, dāmek'') and perfect (''elīs-, elīsa'') stems, as well as the irregular optative stem ''lūy-''.
* ''peithake'' has the contracted 3S past ''pat''.
* ''peithake'' has the contracted 3S past ''pat''.
* ''mṛcce'' is a regular class 2 verb except for the suppletive past stem ''pañc-, pañcek''.
* ''mṛcce'' is a regular class 2 verb except for the suppletive past stem ''pañc-, pañcek''.
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Three verbs are used for different ways of going without any external mean:
Three verbs are used for different ways of going without any external mean:
* to go, walk = ''flulke'' (mono), ''peithake'' (multi)
* to go, walk = ''lulke'' (mono), ''peithake'' (multi)
* to run = ''mṛcce'' (mono), ''mālchake'' (multi)
* to run = ''mṛcce'' (mono), ''mālchake'' (multi)
* to swim = ''lįke'' (mono), ''lærṣake'' (multi)
* to swim = ''lįke'' (mono), ''lærṣake'' (multi)
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As mentioned before, (unprefixed) monodirectional verbs express a movement in a single direction:
As mentioned before, (unprefixed) monodirectional verbs express a movement in a single direction:
: ''jāyim tarlāmahom fliven'' – the girl goes/is going (walks/is walking) to school.
: ''jāyim tarlāmahom liven'' – the girl goes/is going (walks/is walking) to school.
: ''keikom såtap vasau'' – I took the subway to the park.
: ''keikom såtap vasau'' – I took the subway to the park.
: ''liliā ñæltai kitom jaje janāyų iliha'' – my sisters have [just] swum home in the igarapé from the port.
: ''liliā ñæltai kitom jaje janāyų iliha'' – my sisters have [just] swum home in the igarapé from the port.
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