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I stopped being bitten <br> I am stopping being bitten | I stopped being bitten <br> I am stopping being bitten | ||
===Mood=== | ===Mood=== | ||
'''Optative''' | |||
Tšees fššedylw avvidjliill | |||
{{Um-IPA|Tšees fššedylw avvidjliill}} | |||
Tšees fššed-ylw a>vvidj<l-iill | |||
{{sc|1s.erg}} <{{sc|opt}}>see-{{sc|aff.ind.3.liv.prs.incep}} | |||
I want to see the wolf | |||
===Circumstantial=== | ===Circumstantial=== | ||
[[Category:Umbrean]] | [[Category:Umbrean]] |
Revision as of 11:50, 8 May 2013
Verb
VAT
Active - Example of active voice where the wolf is in ergative case and the speaker is in accusative case. Notice how the verbs VAT vowel is conjugated according to the object/Patient and not the subject.
fššedyss tsümj ǧlovëssw
fššed-yss tsümj ǧlov-ëssw
wolf-erg.s.indf 1s.acc bite-1.aff.ind.act.pst.prf
A wolf bit me
Anti-Passive - Anti-passive voice, notice how the VAT vowel conjugates into a negative sense and only goes with the subject but also that it can take on a general or undefined meaning.
fššedy ǧlovets
fššed-y ǧlov-ets
wolf-int.s.indf bite-1.neg.ind.antip.prs.cont
A wolf is not biting
wolves don't bite
Passive - Passive voice, notice positive VAT and subject agreement
tswë ǧlovukwš
tswë ǧlov-ukwš
1s.int bite-1.aff.ind.pas.past/prs.term
I stopped being bitten
I am stopping being bitten
Mood
Optative
Tšees fššedylw avvidjliill
/t͡ʃe:s fʃ:edylw ɒv:ɨdjlɨ:l:/
Tšees fššed-ylw a>vvidj<l-iill
1s.erg <opt>see-aff.ind.3.liv.prs.incep
I want to see the wolf