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=== | ||
present tense: ''sdāb-u, sdāb-s, sdāb-t, sdāb-əbs, sdāb-sxʷi, sdāb-tər'' (1sg, 2sg, 3, 1pl, 2pl, imps) | |||
past tense: get split-ergativity with past participle: ''sdāb-təw, sdāb-tis, sdāb-tit, sdāb-tibs, sdāb-taysxʷi, sdāb-taytər'' 'I swam, ...' (these forms agree with the subject but nouns take ergative marking with the ergative particle ''am'' from *ambi) | |||
future tense (formed by reduplicating present): ''də-sdāb-u, də-sdāb-s, də-sdāb-t, də-sdāb-əbs, də-sdābə-sxʷi, də-sdāb-tər'' | |||
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) | ||