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*'''Comitative''' case is used to indicate company: ''Mo slosh orkho.'' (We were with them yesterday.) | *'''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 | *'''Causal''' describes the cause of an action or origin of something: ''Aitelai nae su fope'' (I saw him because of (/thanks to) you), ''Hi supe foki.'' (It (is) from him to you.) | ||
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Animacy distinction when agent | Animacy distinction when agent | ||
Transitivity, animacy and cases: ''Ónzaitón dothee pof.'' (A man (ERG) is lifting a feather (ABS).), ''Bousón doth.'' (The man falls.) ''Bouson pof.'' (The feather (ABS) falls.). Obs! | Transitivity, animacy and cases: ''Ónzaitón dothee pof.'' (A man (ERG) is lifting a feather (ABS).), ''Bousón doth.'' (The man falls.) ''Bouson pof.'' (The feather (ABS) falls.). Obs! subject+object (& agent) agreement: ''Zaiton pof. (Ón)bouson dothee pof.'' (A feather rises. A man is dropping a feather.) | ||
*Verb differences when agent-like or patient-like subjects | *Verb differences when agent-like or patient-like subjects | ||
* | *agreeing OR circumfix! ''ónzait'''o'''n dothee pof'' vs. ''ónzaitón dothee su'' (the man is lifting him) | ||
**ending vowel ''o''? | **ending vowel ''o''? | ||
History of ABS-ERG - Why Sceptrian has it, but Aoma uses NOM-ACC? | |||
*Passive (~ Aoman 2nd passive... participle form) + causal form: *''Pózaiton pofos dothpe.'' (The feather was lifted by a man.) --> ''<s>p</s>ó'''n'''zaiton doth<s>p</s>e'''e''' pof<s>os</s>.'' | |||
====Tense==== | ====Tense==== | ||