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Classical Netagin is syntactically ergative. Word order is subject-verb in intransitive clauses and object-verb-subject in transitive clauses. | Classical Netagin is syntactically ergative. Word order is subject-verb in intransitive clauses and object-verb-subject in transitive clauses. | ||
===Ergativity=== | ===Ergativity=== | ||
Ergative noun phrases use an ergative particle '' | Ergative noun phrases use an ergative particle ''yi''. | ||
*''ʔEs-þay hichem.'' = Father returned. | *''ʔEs-þay hichem.'' = Father returned. | ||
*''ʔEs-mâȝ hiskăȝö | *''ʔEs-mâȝ hiskăȝö yis-þay.'' = Father saw Mother. | ||
*''ʔEs-þay hiskaȝ | *''ʔEs-þay hiskaȝ yis-mâȝ.'' = Mother saw Father. | ||
*''ʔEs-þay hichem dă ʔes-mâȝ hiskăȝö | *''ʔEs-þay hichem dă ʔes-mâȝ hiskăȝö yis-þay.'' = Father returned and saw Mother. | ||
*''ʔEs-þay hichem dă sökeȝ xaþ-þay.'' = Father returned and saw Mother. (using the antipassive) | *''ʔEs-þay hichem dă sökeȝ xaþ-þay.'' = Father returned and saw Mother. (using the antipassive) | ||
*''ʔEs-þay hichem dă hiskaȝ | *''ʔEs-þay hichem dă hiskaȝ yis-mâȝ.'' = Father returned and Mother saw Father. | ||
==Sample texts== | ==Sample texts== | ||