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| It's conflated with the possessive pronouns in some dialects, where it is used even outside ergative tenses to mark an ergative subject in clauses with fronting, and the possessive pronouns are also used ergatively. Some even argue that ''a(ð)'' is on its way to becoming an absolutive case marker. | | It's conflated with the possessive pronouns in some dialects, where it is used even outside ergative tenses to mark an ergative subject in clauses with fronting, and the possessive pronouns are also used ergatively. Some even argue that ''a(ð)'' is on its way to becoming an absolutive case marker. |
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| ===TAM marking===
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| Verbs have little inflection, and the bulk of verbs are completely regular.
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| ====Imperative====
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| Imperative: ''so [VERB]'' (from "do VERB")
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| Cohortative: ''[VERB] gwm'', ''[VERB] wm'' (from "VERB with us.EXC")
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| :'''''Tar gwm hehlt a llawmar rreem.'''''
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| :go COH plant DET seed-PL today
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| :''Let's go plant the seeds today.''
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| ====Present====
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| The present uses the unmarked form of the verb followed by the subject. For example, ''Duvwŋ, mol naw Tlaw'' means "Teacher, I thank you".
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| This is often replaced by the progressive in casual speech.
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| Archaic Eevo (still used in historical fiction) uses the following personal endings in the present tense:
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| |''-an''||''-ir''||''-am''||''-e''||''-0''||''-em''||''-ad''||''-ah''||''-að''||''-ah''||''-av''
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| ====Conditional====
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| The conditional uses the suffix ''-ð''. It continues the Old Eevo past subjunctive.
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| ====Imperfect====
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| The imperfect uses the particle ''go''.
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| ====Progressive/Stative====
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| To form the progressive, the particle ''dy'' is used before the verb.
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| Verbs referring to emotional states, as well as adjectives referring to states, commonly use the progressive. For example, ''Dy eell naw'r'' means "I love you."
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| ====Preterite====
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| The preterite uses the ergative particle.
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| *''Iantin naw.'' = I slept.
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| *''Vesin rw naw að ahdynar.'' = I painted the pictures.
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| ====Perfect====
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| The perfect, formed by placing ''yv'' 'after' before the verb, is used for:
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| * an event in the immediate past
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| * an event that occurred in the past and is relevant to the present
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| ** an event that occurred regularly in the past with a cumulative effect on the present
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| Perfect: ''Yv iant naw.'' = I have slept.
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| Perfect progressive: ''Yv fahd dy VERB SUBJECT''
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| ====Future imperfective====
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| The future imperfective uses the ''-t'' affix inherited from Old Eevo. It is used for:
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| * events that will happen regularly or continually over a period of time in the future
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| * events that will happen some time in the future, but whose time or outcome is not yet known or determined.
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| ====Future perfective====
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| The future perfective tense is formed with ''lly'' + VERB. It is used for:
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| *a future event that has a definite ending point or occurs once
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| *future events with a known definite time point
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| *outcomes which are likely or certain to occur.
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| ====Jussive====
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| The jussive is high-register and is formed with the suffix ''-or''.
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| It can be used in conditional statements:
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| :'''''cytnor d'ys car'''''
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| :''if one wishes'' (fixed expression)
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| :'''''Fohor þaklim slahah Ⅎ, coþ...'''''
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| :be-JUSS number counting [variable], then
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| :''Let ''n'' be/If ''n'' is a natural number, then...''
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| ===Conjunctions=== | | ===Conjunctions=== |