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:: In intransitive sentences, the main argument is not marked, or, ''for a twist'', is marked with a copulaic particle where appropriate. Inspired by | :: In intransitive sentences, the main argument is not marked, or, ''for a twist'', is marked with a copulaic particle where appropriate. Inspired by | ||
* '''Verb Agreement marking:''' Verbs are marked to agree with subject nouns, and can be marked according to '''number''', personal gender, or some sort of '''honorific ranking''' (which can like in Japanese apply to inanimate things like 「お酒」). But rarely are all three used. Bolded are the categories I would like to focus on. | * '''Verb Agreement marking:''' Verbs are marked to agree with subject nouns, and can be marked according to '''number''', personal gender, or some sort of '''honorific ranking''' (which can like in Japanese apply to inanimate things like 「お酒」). But rarely are all three used. Bolded are the categories I would like to focus on. | ||
* ''' | * '''Sentence initial TAM phrases?''' | ||
===Questions=== | ===Questions=== | ||
* '''Yes/No questions:''' Yes/no questions are preceded by a stock phrase (cf. French ''est-ce que'', Indonesian ''apakah''), or optionally, the V₁ comes to the start of the sentences, such that SV₂OV₁ becomes V₁SV₂O, '''OR''' an auxiliary verb (''or transitive copula?'') enters the scene (like English ''do'' as V₁), resulting in V₁SV₃…OV₂ or V₁SV₂V₃…O. The former-most and latter-most are considered the most well recognised. | * '''Yes/No questions:''' Yes/no questions are preceded by a stock phrase (cf. French ''est-ce que'', Indonesian ''apakah''), or optionally, the V₁ comes to the start of the sentences, such that SV₂OV₁ becomes V₁SV₂O, '''OR''' an auxiliary verb (''or transitive copula?'') enters the scene (like English ''do'' as V₁), resulting in V₁SV₃…OV₂ or V₁SV₂V₃…O. The former-most and latter-most are considered the most well recognised. | ||
* '''Questions about anything other than the subject:''' More English-esque nonsense here using the ''do''-esque auxiliary, resulting in O<sup>{{small|q}}</sup>V<sup>{{small|do}}</sup>SV(VOV) | * '''Questions about anything other than the subject:''' More English-esque nonsense here using the ''do''-esque auxiliary, resulting in O<sup>{{small|q}}</sup>V<sup>{{small|do}}</sup>SV(VOV) | ||