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*determiner | *determiner | ||
**''va'' < | **''va'' < ''mhadh'' "like" | ||
*''in reócht'' > ''rewtt'' /rɛwht/ | *''in reócht'' > ''rewtt'' /rɛwht/ | ||
*''in már'' > ''mawr'' /mawl/ "tree" | *''in már'' > ''mawr'' /mawl/ "tree" | ||
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Eevo has no copula. Instead, the "predicate" or the focused constituent is fronted. | Eevo has no copula. Instead, the "predicate" or the focused constituent is fronted. | ||
''D'iant | ''D'iant va duvwŋcha.'' = The teacher is sleeping. | ||
===TAM marking=== | ===TAM marking=== | ||
Verbs have little inflection. Eevo TAM marking tends to emphasize aspect more than tense, unusually for Talmic languages. | Verbs have little inflection. Eevo TAM marking tends to emphasize aspect more than tense, unusually for Talmic languages. | ||
====Imperfect==== | ====Imperfect==== | ||
The imperfect uses the unmarked form of the verb followed by the subject. For example, ''Mol naw | The imperfect uses the unmarked form of the verb followed by the subject. For example, ''Mol naw va duvwŋcha'' means "I thank the teacher" or "I used to thank the teacher". | ||
====Progressive/Stative==== | ====Progressive/Stative==== | ||
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Eevo is strongly head-initial (with exceptions in poetry). It usually uses VSO word order; the focused constituent is fronted. | Eevo is strongly head-initial (with exceptions in poetry). It usually uses VSO word order; the focused constituent is fronted. | ||
===Noun phrase=== | ===Noun phrase=== | ||
'' | ''va'' and ''to'' are used as specified and unspecified determiners before the noun phrase (like Lushootseed ''ti'' and ''kwi'') | ||
===Relative clauses=== | ===Relative clauses=== | ||