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Broadly speaking, Proto-Haïdic is reconstructed as having a nominative-accusative morphosyntactic alignment system, as opposed to the Bäladiri alignment system of [[Proto-Maro-Ephenian]]. Nouns in Proto-Haïdic decline for three cases; the [[w:Nominative case|nominative]], [[w:Oblique case|oblique]], and [[w:Genitive case|genitive]]. The verb agrees with its subject in person and number. | Broadly speaking, Proto-Haïdic is reconstructed as having a nominative-accusative morphosyntactic alignment system, as opposed to the Bäladiri alignment system of [[Proto-Maro-Ephenian]]. Nouns in Proto-Haïdic decline for three cases; the [[w:Nominative case|nominative]], [[w:Oblique case|oblique]], and [[w:Genitive case|genitive]]. The verb agrees with its subject in person and number. | ||
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| *t’īnu ʔaʕzāk’ | | *t’īnu ʔaʕzāk’ | ||
| tea- | | tea-OBL 1SG-CONCL/IPFV/drink | ||
| 'I'm drinking tea'}} | | 'I'm drinking tea'}} | ||
The oblique case may serve as an accusative or dative case in polyvalent words. In addition, the bare stem of a noun may be incorporated into the verb as an object, especially in embedded clauses. | |||
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| *magīzu t’īnu ʔasiʕzak’ | |||
| friend-OBL tea-OBL 1SG-CONCL/PFV/make_drink | |||
| 'I made my friends drink tea'}} | |||
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| *t’īn ʕazak’ ʔamagīzīn | |||
| tea INF/PFV/drink 1SG-friend-PL | |||
| 'My friends who drink tea'}} | |||
=== Derived stems === | === Derived stems === | ||