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==Verbs== | ==Verbs== | ||
Verbs display consonant gradation based on tense and subject agreement. The predesinential consonant is unvoiced resonant/aspirated plosive in the present, and changing this to voiced resonant/unaspirated plosive in the jussive or past tense: ('' | Verbs display consonant gradation based on tense and subject agreement. The predesinential consonant is unvoiced resonant/aspirated plosive in the present, and changing this to voiced resonant/unaspirated plosive in the jussive or past tense: (''arlàin'' /ar̥ɬain/: "I set up, prepare (transitive)"; ''arlain'' /arlain/: "that I may prepare") | ||
Generic nouns take singular agreement if referring to an inanimate, and plural if animate. | Generic nouns take singular agreement if referring to an inanimate, and plural if animate. | ||
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style=" text-align: center;" | |||
|- | |||
!colspan="3" | Subject affixes | |||
|- | |||
!colspan="3" | Imperative | |||
|- | |||
!style="width: 50px; "| | |||
!style="width: 125px; "|Singular | |||
!style="width: 125px; "|Plural | |||
|- | |||
!|1.in | |||
|''-'' | |||
|''-ns, -nsi-''<br/>''-ans, -ansi-''<br/>''-ens, -ensi-'' | |||
|- | |||
!|2 | |||
|''-Ø, -e<sup>H</sup>-''<br/>''-a, -ā-''<br/>''-e, -ē-'' | |||
|''-ls, -lsi-''<br/>''-als, -alsi-''<br/>''-els, -elsi-'' | |||
|- | |||
!colspan="3" | Present | |||
|- | |||
!style="width: 50px; "| | |||
!style="width: 125px; "|Singular | |||
!style="width: 125px; "|Plural | |||
|- | |||
!|1.ex | |||
|''-ī, -ī(n)-''<br/>''-ai, -ai(n)-''<br/>''-ei, -ei(n)-'' | |||
|''-ma, -mā-''<br/>''-áma, -amā-''<br/>''-éma, -emā-'' | |||
|- | |||
!|1.in | |||
|''-'' | |||
|''-nse, -nsē-''<br/>''-ánse, -ansē-''<br/>''-énse, -ensē-'' | |||
|- | |||
!|2 | |||
|''-yr, -yr-''<br/>''-ar, -ar-''<br/>''-er, -er-'' | |||
|''-lse, -lsē-''<br/>''-álse, -alsē-''<br/>''-élse, -elsē-'' | |||
|- | |||
!|3/4.m | |||
|''-e, -m-''<br/>''-a, -am-''<br/>''-e, -em-'' | |||
|''-vi, -vie-''<br/>''-ávi, -avie-''<br/>''-évi, -evie-'' | |||
|- | |||
!|3/4.f | |||
|''-is, -isi-''<br/>''-ais, -aisi-''<br/>''-eis, -eisi-'' | |||
|''-ti, -tie-''<br/>''-áti, -atie-''<br/>''-éti, -etie-'' | |||
==Split ergativity== | ==Split ergativity== |
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