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 | 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: | ||