Verse:Mwail/Erno-Kawenic languages: Difference between revisions

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verbs, past tense: get split-ergativity with past participle: ''sdābtəw, sdābtis, sdābtit, sdābtibs, sdābtisxʷi, sdābtiʔt'' 'I swam, ...'
verbs, past tense: get split-ergativity with past participle: ''sdābtəw, sdābtis, sdābtit, sdābtibs, sdābtisxʷi, sdābtiʔt'' 'I swam, ...'


the 3rd person plural form without a subject is used with an impersonal meaning: ''dī sdābəʔt ids'' = you don't swim here
the old 3rd person singular is used with both singular and plural (plurality is marked on the subject)
 
the old 3rd person plural form is now used with an impersonal meaning: ''dī sdābəʔt ids'' = you don't swim here


Conjugation classes:
Conjugation classes: