Chlouvānem: Difference between revisions
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===Noun phrase=== | ===Noun phrase=== | ||
====Non-triggered arguments==== | |||
Non-triggered arguments require a specific case to distinguish their role when they're not triggered by the voice: | |||
* ''Patient'' → accusative case | |||
* ''Agent'' → ergative case | |||
* ''Benefacted'' → direct + '''nali''' | |||
* ''Antibenefacted'' → direct + '''fras''' | |||
* ''Location'' → locative case | |||
* ''Instrument'' → accusative + '''lapi''' | |||
* ''Dative argument'' → dative case | |||
====Stative cases as nominal tense==== | ====Stative cases as nominal tense==== | ||
The three stative cases of Chlouvānem (translative, exessive, essive) express nominal tense in certain situations, most notably in copulative sentence, where the translative case conveys a future meaning and the exessive a past one: | The three stative cases of Chlouvānem (translative, exessive, essive) express nominal tense in certain situations, most notably in copulative sentence, where the translative case conveys a future meaning and the exessive a past one: | ||