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 Apart from this, tense and aspect were not marked on Proto-Antarctican verbs.
-====Focus====
+====Verbalisation====
-Verbs were initially put into focus by suffixing them with /i/ (from Japanese emphatic particle /yo/). However this underwent metathesis with the final vowel, and ended up as simple palatalisation of the final consonant if it was non-palatalised, and as an infix /i&#660;/ if the last consonant of the word was already palatalised e.g.
-/jĩto&#619;&#601;&#720;/ - to introduce oneself, verb root (from English "intro")
+To change a noun into a verb, the typical suffix was /z/ e.g.
-/jĩto&#654;&#601;&#720;/ - to introduce oneself, verb focus
-/&#660;umupo/ - to sit, verb root
+/s&#690;&#601;&#720;/ - show
-/&#660;umup&#690;o/ - to sit, verb focus
+/s&#690;&#601;&#720;z/ - to perform
-/s&#690;&#601;&#720;/ - to perform, verb root (from English "show")
-/s&#690;i&#660;&#601;&#720;/ - to perform, verb focus
+If the verb root already ended in a consonant, one of two things happened:
+*If the consonant was a non-geminated voiced obstruent, the suffix was changed to /zu/ e.g. /do&#654;a&#720;g/ - something being dragged -> /do&#654;a&#720;gzu/ - to drag
+*Otherwise, the suffix was changed to /iz/ after a palatalised consonant, and /uz/ otherwise e.g. /damas/ - a scam -> /damasuz/ - to scam or /sak&#720;&#690;/ - past event -> /sak&#720;&#690;iz/ - to have already occurred some time ago.
-To put the nouns in sentence into focus, the typical suffix was /z/ e.g.
+Any noun could be verbalised to a verb meaning "to be ..." or "to become ..." by simply applying either this transformation e.g.
-/s&#690;&#601;&#720;/ - to perform, verb root
+/zu&#613;a/ - boat
-/s&#690;&#601;&#720;z/ - to perform, verb root
+/zu&#613;az/ - to be a boat
-If the verb root already ended in a consonant, one of two things happened:
+====Adverbs====
-*If the consonant was a non-geminated voiced obstruent, the suffix was changed to /zu/ e.g. /do&#654;a&#720;g/ - to drag, verb root -> /do&#654;a&#720;gzu/ - to drag, noun focus
-*Otherwise, the suffix was changed to /iz/ after a palatalised consonant, and /uz/ otherwise e.g. /damas/ - to swindle, verb root -> /damasuz/ - to swindle, noun focus, or /sak&#720;&#690;/ - to have already occurred some time ago, verb root -> /sak&#720;&#690;iz/ - to have already occurred some time ago, noun-focus.
+Nouns could also be changed into adverbs. This was originally done by suffixing them with /i/. However this underwent metathesis with the final vowel, and ended up as simple palatalisation of the final consonant if it was non-palatalised, and as an infix /i&#660;/ if the last consonant of the word was already palatalised e.g.
-Any noun could be verbalised to a verb meaning "to be ..." or "to become ..." by simply applying either the verb-focus or the noun-focus transformations e.g.
+/jĩto&#619;&#601;&#720;/ - introduction
+/jĩto&#654;&#601;&#720;/ - as an introduction
-/zu&#613;a/ - boat
+/&#660;umupo/ - seat
-/zu&#613;i&#660;a/ - to be a boat, verb focus
+/&#660;umup&#690;o/ - sitting down (used as an adverb)
-/zu&#613;az/ - to be a boat, noun focus
+/s&#690;&#601;&#720;/ - show
+/s&#690;i&#660;&#601;&#720;/ - showing off (used as an adverb)
 ==Adaptations of Words from Present-Day Languages==