Nankôre: Difference between revisions

Line 800:

((More stuff to follow))

======~~Tense~~ and Voice ======

=====Animacy-Number Agreement Marking=====

Transitive verbs mark number on core arguments by ablaut, or by adding a prefix, to the auxiliary. These markers indicate the number of both the higher animate and the lower animate arguments.

{| class="bluetable lightbluebg"

|-

! !! Higher Animate Singular !! Higher Animate Plural

|-

! style=""| Lower Animate Singular

| --

| t(i)-

|-

! style=""| Lower Animate Plural

| first /a/ lengthened to /a:/

| ita-

|}

Unmarked:

# Rompóy kurasno rayro ta'itá'. "The girl played with the dog."

# Rompóy kurasno tarayro ta'itá'. "The dog played with the girls."

Higher Animate Plural x Lower Animate Singular

# Rompóy kurasno rayro ti-ta'itá'. "The girls played with the dog."

# Rompóy kurasno tarayro ti-ta'itá'. "The dog played with the girl."

Higher Animate Singular x Lower Animate Plural

# Rompóy kurasno rayro kor tā'itá'. "The girl played with the dogs."

# Rompóy kurasno tarayro kor tā'itá'. "The dogs played with the girl."

Higher Animate Plural x Lower Animate Plural

# Rompóy kurasno rayro ita-tā'itá'. "The girls played with the dogs."

# Rompóy kurasno tarayro ita-tā'itá'. "The dogs played with the girls."

======Voice and Tense======

The Nankôre verb is rich in voice and tense distinctions. These distinctions are combined in an auxiliary verb, formed by adding one or more prefixes to the copular verb ''itá'' /ɪ'taʔ/, hence this auxiliary is called the ''itá''-verb. The ''itá''-auxiliary verb is always clause final, the main verb and any other VP particles preceding it. Some voices also encode formality, with the long forms, e.g. ''man'itá', suphitá', tā'itá', hô'itá', and pā'itá' '', used for formal situations, and the short forms ''manta'/nitá', supta', tayta', hoyta''', and ''pitáh'' for informal conversation among friends and family.

@@ Line 800: / Line 800: @@
 ((More stuff to follow))
-======Tense and Voice ======
+=====Animacy-Number Agreement Marking=====
+Transitive verbs mark number on core arguments by ablaut, or by adding a prefix, to the auxiliary.  These markers indicate the number of both the higher animate and the lower animate arguments.
+{| class="bluetable lightbluebg"
+|-
+! !! Higher Animate Singular !! Higher Animate Plural
+|-
+! style=""| Lower Animate Singular
+| --
+| t(i)-
+|-
+! style=""| Lower Animate Plural
+| first /a/ lengthened to /a:/
+| ita-
+|}
+Unmarked:
+# Rompóy kurasno rayro ta'itá'.  "The girl played with the dog."
+# Rompóy kurasno tarayro ta'itá'. "The dog played with the girls."
+Higher Animate Plural x Lower Animate Singular
+# Rompóy kurasno rayro ti-ta'itá'. "The girls played with the dog."
+# Rompóy kurasno tarayro ti-ta'itá'.  "The dog played with the girl."
+Higher Animate Singular x Lower Animate Plural
+# Rompóy kurasno rayro kor tā'itá'.  "The girl played with the dogs."
+# Rompóy kurasno tarayro kor tā'itá'.  "The dogs played with the girl."
+Higher Animate Plural x Lower Animate Plural
+# Rompóy kurasno rayro ita-tā'itá'.  "The girls played with the dogs."
+# Rompóy kurasno tarayro ita-tā'itá'.  "The dogs played with the girls."
+======Voice and Tense======
 The Nankôre verb is rich in voice and tense distinctions.  These distinctions are combined in an auxiliary verb, formed by adding one or more prefixes to the copular verb ''itá'' /ɪ'taʔ/, hence this auxiliary is called the ''itá''-verb.  The ''itá''-auxiliary verb is always clause final, the main verb and any other VP particles  preceding it.  Some voices also encode formality, with the long forms, e.g. ''man'itá', suphitá', tā'itá',  hô'itá', and pā'itá' '',  used for formal situations, and the short forms ''manta'/nitá', supta', tayta', hoyta''', and ''pitáh'' for informal conversation among friends and family.