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If the noun is a core argument, then the [[Nankôre#The_Auxiliary|auxiliary ]] obligatorily marks for number. | If the noun is a core argument, then the [[Nankôre#The_Auxiliary|auxiliary ]] obligatorily marks for number. Plural number is indicated on the auxiliary by the affix ''-n-''. For plural Agents, it is infixed, and for plural Patients, it is suffixed. Additionally, if the auxiliary is marked with the Inverse prefix, the prefix redundantly encodes number by vowel length, eg ''ta-'' for the singular, and ''tā='' for the plural. Some examples are given below: | ||
Example of a HA singular Agent acting on a LA singular Patient: | Example of a HA singular Agent acting on a LA singular Patient: | ||
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| translation = I heard that the dogs played with the girls recently. | | translation = I heard that the dogs played with the girls recently. | ||
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==== The Nominal Hierarchy ==== | ==== The Nominal Hierarchy ==== | ||
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|phrase = Makse yôreno rihat 'itá' | |phrase = Makse yôreno rihat 'itá' | ||
|IPA = /'makʃɛ̯ 'yo:reno ɾi'hat | |IPA = /'makʃɛ̯ 'yo:reno ɾi'hat ʔɪt'aʔ/ | ||
| morphemes = makse yôre=no rihat ∅-itá-ʔ | | morphemes = makse yôre=no rihat ∅-itá-ʔ | ||
| gloss = mouse.LA bite=SEM falcon DIR-COP-LS | | gloss = mouse.LA bite=SEM falcon DIR-COP-LS | ||
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# Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth. And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth. | # Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth. And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth. | ||
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# Saska nammanuyyi nan siôri si-kôre maskoy pintá', | # Saska nammanuyyi nan siôri si-kôre maskoy pintá', kor-kôre nihe pinninnináh.<br/>Now in.those.days mankind one CONN-speech have AUX.TRN+DIST.PST+HP.LS, word-word resemble AUX.INTR+DIST.PST.PL | ||
# Iape nanni hóttari pinninnináh, coy siori pintá', Sinar rima pintá', itáp pinninnináh. <br/> So horde approach.setting.sun AUX.INTR+DIST.PST.PL, forest.clearing see AUX.TRN+DIST.PST+HP.LS, Sinar call AUX.TRN+DIST.PST+HP.LS, sit.down AUX.INTR+DIST.PST.PL | # Iape nanni hóttari pinninnináh, coy siori pintá', Sinar rima pintá', itáp pinninnináh. <br/> So horde approach.setting.sun AUX.INTR+DIST.PST.PL, forest.clearing see AUX.TRN+DIST.PST+HP.LS, Sinar call AUX.TRN+DIST.PST+HP.LS, sit.down AUX.INTR+DIST.PST.PL | ||