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Transitivity is determined by the number of core arguments, that is Agent or Patient/Goal. Minhast verbs do not necessarily map to traditional (i.e. Indo-European) notions of transitivity. As an example, the English sentence, "He jumped on the table" is grammatically intransitive. Available to the Minhast verb are both intransitive and transitive mappings: ''"Zekyaškī nirriekaran"'' , which is grammatically intransitive, with ''zekyaš=kī'' an oblique argument. The same meaning can be expressed transitively when the verb's valence is altered when the locative applicative affix ''(i)-n(i)-'' is applied: ''Zekyaš in-nirrieku''. | Transitivity is determined by the number of core arguments, that is Agent or Patient/Goal. Minhast verbs do not necessarily map to traditional (i.e. Indo-European) notions of transitivity. As an example, the English sentence, "He jumped on the table" is grammatically intransitive. Available to the Minhast verb are both intransitive and transitive mappings: ''"Zekyaškī nirriekaran"'' , which is grammatically intransitive, with ''zekyaš=kī'' an oblique argument. The same meaning can be expressed transitively when the verb's valence is altered when the locative applicative affix ''(i)-n(i)-'' is applied: ''Zekyaš in-nirrieku''. | ||
Minhast verbs can perform functions that are usually associated with other grammatical categories in other languages. For example, Minhast does not have a separate grammatical category for adjectives. Instead, verbs are used in place of adjectives. Verbs are divided into four broad categories | |||
# Interrogative | |||
# Impersonal | |||
# Attributive | # Attributive | ||
# Event | # Event | ||
=== Verb Template === | === Verb Template === | ||