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*Locative-temporal (LOC-TEMP): Place (+superessive); time (when/duration...verb telicity); with some adpositions | *Locative-temporal (LOC-TEMP): Place (+superessive); time (when/duration...verb telicity); with some adpositions | ||
*Ablative (ABL): Movement from (+delative); causal construction with particle ''...'' | *Ablative (ABL): Movement from (+delative); causal construction with particle ''...'' | ||
*Vocative (VOC): addressing (people, gods); interjections | *Vocative (VOC): addressing (people, gods); interjections ''Alae!'' (Hello! lit. "Day!") | ||
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====Possessive affixes==== | ====Possessive affixes==== | ||
Affixes mingle with the cases... Alienable vs. inalienable ''Dothee óntelon gat'''s'''/vakuh'''oz'''.'' (A man is watching his house/ his own hand.) | |||
*''gatlsl'' (his houses), ''gatlóf'' (their houses), ''gatsh'' (with his/their house), ''gatos'' (with his houses), ''gatós'' (with their houses), ''gatees, gateis, gans, ..., gatósó, gatsu, gattos'' argh! | |||
*Only VOC+possessive with 1SG: ''Pos'''né!''''' (My servant!), ''Polsmé!'' (Our servants!) | |||
History: noun + agreeing possessor pronoun --> noun+suffix/infix.case (i.e. something terrible...) Oh, what have I done‽ | |||
See non-finite verb forms... Adverbial clauses <-- something from Aoma (lettex) & Finnish (kävellessäni) | |||
====Emphasizing clitics==== | ====Emphasizing clitics==== | ||
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===Adjectives=== | ===Adjectives=== | ||
agree with their head | agree with their head | ||
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Animacy distinction when agent | Animacy distinction when agent | ||
Transitivity, animacy and cases: ''Ónzaitón dothee pof.'' (A man (ERG) is lifting a feather (ABS).), ''Bousón doth.'' (The man falls.) ''Bouson pof.'' (The feather (ABS) falls.). | Transitivity, animacy and cases: ''Ónzaitón dothee pof.'' (A man (ERG) is lifting a feather (ABS).), ''Bousón doth.'' (The man falls.) ''Bouson pof.'' (The feather (ABS) falls.). Obs! Object agreement: ''Zaiton pof. Ónbouson dothee pof.'' (A feather rises. A man drops a feather.) | ||
*Verb differences when agent-like or patient-like subjects | *Verb differences when agent-like or patient-like subjects | ||
*Slightly object agreeing OR circumfix! ''ónzait'''o'''n dothee pof'' vs. ''ónzaitón dothee su'' (the man is lifting him) | *Slightly object agreeing OR circumfix! ''ónzait'''o'''n dothee pof'' vs. ''ónzaitón dothee su'' (the man is lifting him) | ||
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====Mood==== | ====Mood==== | ||
Some duplication ;) | |||
====Voice==== | ====Voice==== | ||
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===Derivational Morphology=== | ===Derivational Morphology=== | ||
Verbs and adjectives easily from nouns... | |||