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#Non-telic: whatever noun was not affected by the action of the verb. This is expressed in the [[#Genitive|genitive case]]. | #Non-telic: whatever noun was not affected by the action of the verb. This is expressed in the [[#Genitive|genitive case]]. | ||
#Remotely telic: for actions not even attempted or begun, or for actions given the bare minimum of effort, sometimes with a pejorative sense, i.e. when the speaker wouldn't deign or dare to do something; expressed with the [[#Partitive|partitive case]]. | #Remotely telic: for actions not even attempted or begun, or for actions given the bare minimum of effort, sometimes with a pejorative sense, i.e. when the speaker wouldn't deign or dare to do something; expressed with the [[#Partitive|partitive case]]. This structure is often doubled or repeated in an inchoative verb infix. | ||
{{Gloss | {{Gloss | ||
|phrase =1) | |phrase =1) ára zaláyštarz lunú yésŧyet | ||
|IPA = | |IPA = | ||
| morphemes = | | morphemes = ára zaláyšt-arz lunú yés-ŧy-e-t | ||
| gloss = | | gloss = NEG biology-GEN NEG study-MID-PERF-1S | ||
| translation = | | translation = I didn't finish studying biology. | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Gloss | {{Gloss | ||
|phrase =2) | |phrase =2) ára zaláyštasab lunú yásŧyat | ||
|IPA = | |IPA = | ||
| morphemes = | | morphemes = ára zaláyšta-sab lunú yás-ŧy-a-t | ||
| gloss = | | gloss = NEG biology-PART NEG study-MID-IMPF-1S | ||
| translation = | | translation = I've never studied biology (at all). | ||
}} | }} | ||