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====Possessive affixes==== | ====Possessive affixes==== | ||
Possessive affixes draw a distinction between alienable and inalienable possession: ''Dothee óntelon gat'''s'''/vakuh'''oz'''.'' (A man is watching his house/ his own hand.) | |||
*Interpretations: ''gat dothi'' (the house which the man has temporarily settled in = rented), '' | *Interpretations: ''gat dothi'' (the house which the man has temporarily settled in = rented), ''doth gathos'' (man with his house which he has purchased), ''gat dothor'' (the house which was inherited and is now owned by the man) | ||
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" | {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" | ||
|+ | |+ Possessional suffixes | ||
|- | |- | ||
!Person | !Person | ||
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| (o)f || (oe)fo || (e)v || (oe)voe | | (o)f || (oe)fo || (e)v || (oe)voe | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | !3rd | ||
| ( | | (o)s || (o)zh || (o)sl || (o)zhol | ||
|} | |} | ||
*Only VOC+possessive with 1SG: ''Pos''' | *Irregular: Only VOC+possessive with 1SG: ''Pos'''n'''é!'' (My servant!), ''Polsmé!'' (Our servants!) | ||
2nd person polite forms are added to absolutive base and the endings are then declined according to abstract gender: | |||
*Singular: (a)tha, (a)tazha | |||
*Plural: (a)dhó, (a)dózhó | |||
* | |||
See non-finite verb forms | See non-finite verb forms which utilize some possessive suffixes in adverbial clauses <-- something from Aoma (lettex) & Finnish (kävellessäni) | ||
====Emphasizing clitics==== | ====Emphasizing clitics==== | ||
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|+ '''Pronoun inflection''' | |+ '''Pronoun inflection''' | ||
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! Case !! 1SG !! 2SG !! | ! Case !! 1SG !! 1PL !! 2SG !! 2PL !! 2SG.POL !! 2PL.POL !! 3SG.Ab !! 3SG.An !! 3PL.A !! 3SG.In !! 3PL.In | ||
|- | |- | ||
!ABS | !ABS | ||
| na || fo || | | na || mo || fo || po || Nith || With || tha || su || slo || hi || kwo | ||
|- | |- | ||
!ERG | !ERG | ||
| nae || foe || | | nae || moslo || foe || poslo || Nithe || Widhes || thaa || suu || sloslo || hii || kwoslo | ||
|- | |- | ||
!DAT | !DAT | ||
| nai || foki || | | nai || mokli || foki || pokli || Nithki || Withkli || thai || swi || slokli || hiki|| kwokli | ||
|- | |- | ||
!POS | !POS | ||
| nar || for || thar || sur || hir || | | nar || moŕ || for || poŕ || Nithor || Withoŕ || thar || sur || sloŕ || hir || kwoŕ | ||
|- | |||
!COM | |||
| nas || mosh || fos || posh || Nithos || Withosh || thas || sus || slosh || his || kwosh | |||
|- | |- | ||
!CAU | !CAU | ||
| napa || fopo || | | napa || moplo || fopo || poplo || Nitto || Witto || thapa || supu || sloplo || hipi || kwoplo | ||
|} | |} | ||
'''Causal | *'''Comitative''' case is used to indicate company: ''Mo slosh orkho.'' (We were with them yesterday.) | ||
*'''Causal''' describes the cause of an action or origin of something: ''Aitelai nae su fopo'' (I saw him because of (/thanks to) you), ''Hi supu foki.'' (It (is) from him to you.) | |||
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!colspan="2"| Determiner | !colspan="2"| Determiner | ||
| || || || || || || || | | sho || ka<br />kwa || ko<br />kwo || || || || || | ||
|- | |- | ||
!rowspan="5"| Pronoun | !rowspan="5"| Pronoun | ||
!Abstract | !Abstract | ||
| || || || || || || || | | shu<br /> || || || || || || || | ||
|- | |- | ||
!Animate | !Animate | ||
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|- | |- | ||
!Inanimate | !Inanimate | ||
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|- | |- | ||
!Out of two | !Out of two | ||
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|- | |- | ||
!Out of many | !Out of many | ||
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|- | |- | ||
!rowspan="5"|Pro-adverb | !rowspan="5"|Pro-adverb | ||
!Locative | !Locative | ||
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|- | |- | ||
!Temporal | !Temporal | ||
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|- | |- | ||
!Causal-ablative | !Causal-ablative | ||
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|- | |- | ||
!Lative | !Lative | ||
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|} | |} | ||
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===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
missing "to be" and "to have" | |||
====Conjugation==== | ====Conjugation==== |
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