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=====Adverbial form===== | =====Adverbial form===== | ||
See (cf., e.g., [[#Copula|copula]]). | See (cf., e.g., [[#Copula|copula]]). | ||
===Cases=== | |||
====Nominative/ergative==== | |||
====Genitive==== | |||
====Partitive==== | |||
====Benefactive==== | |||
====Telic==== | |||
====Instrumental/comitative==== | |||
====Locatives==== | |||
'''balášpi áytawon''' | |||
snow.on run.impf.3p.pl | |||
they are running on/along the snow | |||
'''balážbi áldawon''' | |||
snow.in play.impf.3p.pl | |||
they are playing in the snow | |||
With other phonemes at the end, for instance: | |||
'''mwokínpi hárabin''' | |||
dog.pl.on fleas | |||
(literally there are fleas on dogs, idiomatically dogs have fleas) | |||
'''mwokímbi kórowin''' | |||
dog.pl.on worms | |||
(literally there are worms in dogs, idiomatically, dogs have worms) | |||
===Derivational morphology=== | ===Derivational morphology=== | ||
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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
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