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"His finding the boy gets" [i.e., "the boy is found"]</blockquote> | "His finding the boy gets" [i.e., "the boy is found"]</blockquote> | ||
==== Object and Oblique Object ==== | |||
The object receives the action of either the agent or the experiencer. It can be either a transitive object (TO) as in 1) below; or an oblique object (OO--requiring a preposition), as in 2) below. It can be the object complement (OC) in a copula structure, as in 3): | |||
:1. '''Il kohsa (TO) ry (A) refod.''' | |||
::<small>The dog (TO) I (A) choose.</small> | |||
::''"I choose the dog"''. | |||
:2. '''Kyam (TO) euil zef (OO) le betõ (A) vergo.''' | |||
::A <small>book (TO) to the man (OO) the boy (A) gives.</small> | |||
::''"The boy gives a book to the man"''. | |||
:3. '''Hdand (OC) li zef (E).''' | |||
::<small>A doctor (OC) the man (E) [is].</small> | |||
::''"The man is a doctor"''. | |||
==== Genitive==== | |||
The genitive is the only regular type of noun (outside the '''Nenddeylyt''' nouns, to express case with an affix--either a suffix or a prefix, depending on context and preference: | |||
:'''idbbetõ kyam''' | |||
:"A boy's book" –or: | |||
:'''dibbetõ kyam''' | |||
:"A boy's book" –or: | |||
:'''kyam betõid''' | |||
:"book of a boy" | |||
Rules for possession will be discussed at greater length below. | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||