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Ash: Difference between revisions
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A simple transitive phrase like this | A simple transitive phrase like this can be inverted: | ||
{{gloss | {{gloss | ||
|phrase= | |phrase={{ash|{{AshMidhook|ảo}} ga bahba ẻ<u>ss</u>ea ga}} | ||
|gloss=Ao=CLF.TOP dog PROX-<u>INV</u>-see.ACT.RLS=REP | |gloss=Ao=CLF.TOP dog PROX-<u>INV</u>-see.ACT.RLS=REP | ||
|translation= | |translation=Ao is being watched by a dog | ||
}} | }} | ||
Such a phrase | Such a phrase can also have the agent moved after the verb-final clitic and classified in its own right. A determiner is placed in its position in the initial phrase. | ||
{{gloss | {{gloss | ||
|phrase={{ash|{{AshMidhook|ảo}} ga ẻ<u>ss</u>ea ga bahba go}} | |phrase={{ash|{{AshMidhook|ảo}} ga <u>wa</u> ẻ<u>ss</u>ea ga bahba go}} | ||
|gloss=Ao=CLF.TOP PROX-<u>INV</u>-see.ACT.RLS=REP dog=CLF | |gloss=Ao=CLF.TOP DET.PROX=PROX-<u>INV</u>-see.ACT.RLS=REP dog=CLF | ||
|translation=Ao is being watched by the dog; watching Ao was the dog | |translation=Ao is being watched by the dog; watching Ao was the dog | ||
}} | }} | ||
With ditransitive verbs such as causatives two referents can appear before the verb or the same displacement can take place. | |||
{| | {| | ||
|{{gloss | |{{gloss | ||
|phrase={{ash|oas ga sa͠a ỏ<u>hh</u>oyya ga | |phrase={{ash|oas ga bahba sa͠a ỏ<u>hh</u>oyya ga}} | ||
|gloss=Oas=CLF.TOP water DIST-<u>DIR</u>-eat.CAUS.RLS=REP | |gloss=Oas=CLF.TOP dog water DIST-<u>DIR</u>-eat.CAUS.RLS=REP | ||
|translation=it was Oas who gave the dog water to drink | |translation=it was Oas who gave the dog water to drink | ||
}} | }} | ||
|{{gloss | |{{gloss | ||
|phrase={{ash|oas ga sa͠a ỏ<u>ss</u>oyya ga bahba go}} | |phrase={{ash|oas ga wa sa͠a ỏ<u>ss</u>oyya ga bahba go}} | ||
|gloss=Oas=CLF.TOP water DIST-<u>INV</u>-eat.CAUS.RLS=REP dog=CLF | |gloss=Oas=CLF.TOP DET.DIST water DIST-<u>INV</u>-eat.CAUS.RLS=REP dog=CLF | ||
|translation=it was Oas the dog offered water to | |translation=it was Oas the dog offered water to | ||
}} | }} | ||