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! Animate | ! Animate | ||
| ''bahba go | | ''bahba go ahhee''<br />"dogs see it" | ||
| ''bahba go | | ''bahba go assee''<br />"dogs are seen" | ||
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! Inanimate | ! Inanimate | ||
| ''sãã sa | | ''sãã sa ahhee''<br />"water is seen" | ||
| ''*sãã sa | | ''*sãã sa assee''<br />(ungrammatical) | ||
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===Topicalisation=== | ===Topicalisation=== | ||
New non-verbal information is focused by fronting, i.e. introducing the word or phrase earlier in the sentence. This means that the order of subject and object might shift in order to focus on the object. When the object is inanimate inversion is not possible nor necessary, while for an animate object it is. The nominal in focus | New non-verbal information is focused by fronting, i.e. introducing the word or phrase earlier in the sentence. This means that the order of subject and object might shift in order to focus on the object. When the object is inanimate inversion is not possible nor necessary, while for an animate object it is. The nominal in focus also receives a topic marker, explained in detail in the section on locative verbs. | ||
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===Colour terms=== | ===Colour terms=== | ||
Colours are mainly expressed through comparative stative verbs, likening the appearance of the referent to something else, such as ''mee'' "fire" → ''meyya'' "red; yellow; orange; brown" or ''ao'' "sea" → ''ayya'' "blue; green". These are combined with locative verbs. | |||
{{gloss | {{gloss | ||
|phrase=meyya bahba go | |phrase=meyya bahba go | ||
|IPA=[ˈme̞j.jɐ ˈβɑħ.pɐ‿ɣʊ] | |IPA=[ˈme̞j.jɐ ˈβɑħ.pɐ‿ɣʊ] | ||
|gloss=fire | |gloss=fire.SEMB.STAT.IND dog TOP:ACT | ||
|translation=a brown dog | |translation=a brown dog | ||
}} | }} | ||
Some are expressed through non-derived verbs like ''oada''. | |||
{{gloss | |||
|phrase=oada bahba go | |||
|IPA=[ˈʔɔ̯ɑː.ðɐ ˈβɑħ.pɐ‿ɣo̞] | |||
|phrase=bahba go | |gloss=shine.STAT.IND dog TOP:ACT | ||
|IPA=[ | |||
|gloss= | |||
|translation=a white dog | |translation=a white dog | ||
}} | }} | ||
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
[[Category:Languages]] | [[Category:Languages]] | ||