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===== Unmarked Oblique===== | ===== Unmarked Oblique===== | ||
The Unmarked Oblique is in form indistinguishable from the Absolutive. However, it is identifiable in that is is always the noun phrase that lacks an agreement marker in the verb. Unmarked oblique nouns, when they appear, are usually patients of low transitivity verbs, or unindividuated patients of mid-transitivity verbs, e.g. ''Yak <u>eškat</u> pes-ek-araban'' "I was harvesting mushroooms". For perceptive verbs, their presence may differentiate non-volitional, unintentional, or accidental occurrences from deliberate, intentive ones, e.g. ''Yak kaslub šullum-ek-aran'' "I heard a dog", vs. ''Yakte kaslub šullum-ek-aru'' "I ''listened to'' the dog". | |||
====Tense-Aspect Marking==== | ====Tense-Aspect Marking==== | ||