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'''Apophony!''' | '''Apophony!''' | ||
*e→é, o→ó, ó→ö, a→ä, u→i, i→o | |||
*for moods | |||
From core nouns: "way-markers" → how the verb reflects the core noun+case/adjective: table... "similarity", "making", "using" | From core nouns: "way-markers" → how the verb reflects the core noun+case/adjective: table... "similarity", "making", "using" | ||
Transitivity, animacy and cases: ''Ónzaitón dothee pof.'' (A man (ERG) is lifting a feather (ABS).), ''Bousón doth.'' (The man falls.) ''Bouson pof.'' (The feather (ABS) falls.). | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|+Subject/object suffixes for tense and aspect | |||
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!2SG.POL | |||
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!3SG.AN | |||
!3PL.AN | |||
!3SG.INAN | |||
!3PL.INAN | |||
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! rowspan="2"|PRES | |||
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! rowspan="2"| PST | |||
! ATEL | |||
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!TEL | |||
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! rowspan="2"| FUT | |||
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Only animate nouns as agents. Abstract and inanimate as antipassive subjects: ''luwifo utelink nas'' ("beauty-of.yours un-eye-ful-makes me-with", your beauty makes me blind) vs. ''utelinken foe na'' (you are making me blind) | |||
*Then why abs and inan have ergative forms? | |||
Transitivity, animacy and cases: ''Ónzaitón dothee pof.'' (A man (ERG) is lifting a feather (ABS).), ''Bousón doth.'' (The man falls.) ''Bouson pof.'' (The feather (ABS) falls.). | |||
*Verb form differences when agent-like (he dances) or patient-like subjects (he fell)? ''latephó'' (he danced) vs. ''boush'' (he fell without ending) | *Verb form differences when agent-like (he dances) or patient-like subjects (he fell)? ''latephó'' (he danced) vs. ''boush'' (he fell without ending) | ||
*agreeing OR circumfix! ''ónzait'''o'''n dothee pof'' vs. ''ónzaitón dothee su'' (the man is lifting him) | *agreeing OR circumfix! ''ónzait'''o'''n dothee pof'' vs. ''ónzaitón dothee su'' (the man is lifting him) | ||
**ending vowel ''o''? | **ending vowel ''o''? | ||
Obs! subject+object (& agent) agreement: ''Zaiton pof. (Ón)bouson dothee pof.'' (A feather rises. A man is dropping a feather.) | |||
Who needs conjugation? People in formal situations! --> register! | Who needs conjugation? People in formal situations! --> register! | ||