Verse:Mwail/Erno-Kawenic languages: Difference between revisions
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verbs, present tense: ''sdābu, sdābs, sdābt, sdābəbs, sdābəsxʷi'' (1sg, 2sg, 3, 1pl, 2pl, imps) | verbs, present tense: ''sdābu, sdābs, sdābt, sdābəbs, sdābəsxʷi'' (1sg, 2sg, 3, 1pl, 2pl, imps) | ||
verbs, past tense: get split-ergativity with past participle: ''sdābtəw, sdābtis, sdābtit, sdābtibs, sdābtəysxʷi, sdābtəytər'' 'I swam, ...' (these forms agree with the subject but nouns take ergative marking with the ergative particle ''am'') | verbs, past tense: get split-ergativity with past participle: ''sdābtəw, sdābtis, sdābtit, sdābtibs, sdābtəysxʷi, sdābtəytər'' 'I swam, ...' (these forms agree with the subject but nouns take ergative marking with the ergative particle ''am'' from *ambi) | ||
the old 3rd person singular is used with both singular and plural (plurality is marked on the subject) | the old 3rd person singular is used with both singular and plural (plurality is marked on the subject) | ||