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Kämpya: Difference between revisions
Section about asking "Whose ...?"
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In the forest, the dog bit the lizard. | In the forest, the dog bit the lizard. | ||
==Noun Phrases== | ==Noun Phrases== | ||
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Where did the dog bite the lizard? | Where did the dog bite the lizard? | ||
====Asking about Possessors==== | |||
Kämpya has no word meaning "whose". Instead it is necessary to ask "Who has ...?", combined with a relative clause e.g. | |||
/ˈkʰwèi̤=zù káiʔk gáʔɾ zwé=ˈhḛ̂b/ | |||
dog=ERG bite lizard Q.ERG=have | |||
Whose lizard did the dog bite? (literally "Who has the lizard that the dog bit?") | |||
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/θú=ˈkáiʔk kʰwèi̤ ˈgáʔɾ=àuŋ zwé=ˈhḛ̂b/ | |||
ANTIP=bite dog lizard=DAT Q.ERG=have | |||
Whose dog bit the lizard? (literally "Who has the dog that bit the lizard?") | |||