Verse:Mwail/Erno-Kawenic languages: Difference between revisions

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''hə'' (from *sindos) is hən before vowels
''hə'' (from *sindos) is hən before vowels
===Verbs===
===Verbs===
verbs, present tense: ''sdābu, sdābs, sdābt, sdābəbs, sdābəsxʷi, sdābəʔt'' 'I swim, ...'
verbs, present tense: ''sdābu, sdābs, sdābt, sdābəbs, sdābəsxʷi, sdābtər'' (1sg, 2sg, 3, 1pl, 2pl, imps)


verbs, past tense: get split-ergativity with past participle: ''sdābtəw, sdābtis, sdābtit, sdābtibs, sdābtisxʷi, sdābtiʔt'' 'I swam, ...'
verbs, past tense: get split-ergativity with past participle: ''sdābtəw, sdābtis, sdābtit, sdābtibs, sdābtisxʷi, sdābtər'' 'I swam, ...'


the old 3rd person singular is used with both singular and plural (plurality is marked on the subject)
the old 3rd person singular is used with both singular and plural (plurality is marked on the subject)
the old 3rd person plural form is now used with an impersonal meaning: ''dī sdābəʔt ids'' = you don't swim here


Conjugation classes:
Conjugation classes:
*verbs from o/e verbs: more irregularities here
*verbs from o/e verbs: more irregularities here
*a-verbs (from PCel *-āti)
*a-verbs (from PCel *-āti)
**mārab, māras, mārat, mārabs, mārasxʷi, māratər
*i-verbs (from PCel *-yeti)
*i-verbs (from PCel *-yeti)
**-əw, -is, -it, -ibs, -isxʷi, -itər