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===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
Like Hebrew and Arabic, Netagin derives verbs by inflecting a consonantal verb root according to a binyan. | Like Hebrew and Arabic, Netagin derives verbs by inflecting a consonantal verb root according to a binyan. | ||
The subject is a purely syntactic concept. Different verbs have different theta-roles for the subject, whether agent, patient, experiencer, instrument, location, or recipient; this is determined lexically by the individual verb (though verb voice can promote non-subject arguments to subjects). | The subject is a purely syntactic concept. Different verbs have different theta-roles for the subject, whether agent, patient, experiencer, instrument, location, or recipient; this is determined lexically by the individual verb and must be memorized (though verb voice can promote non-subject arguments to subjects). | ||
Purely form-wise (rather than semantically), the primary axes by which verbs differ are: | Purely form-wise (rather than semantically), the primary axes by which verbs differ are: | ||
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====Gzarot==== | ====Gzarot==== | ||
{{main|Netagin/Gzarot}} | {{main|Netagin/Gzarot}} | ||
===Prepositions=== | ===Prepositions=== | ||
Netagin has only one true preposition: the generic oblique preposition ''my-'' /mɨ/. It has the following inflected forms: ''miel, mied, mydie, mi, mas, min, miť, mynib, myneď, mis''. | Netagin has only one true preposition: the generic oblique preposition ''my-'' /mɨ/. It has the following inflected forms: ''miel, mied, mydie, mi, mas, min, miť, mynib, myneď, mis''. | ||