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Changes based on current work on Minhast-Nankôre sound correspondences
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! 1 | ! 1 | ||
| style="text-align:center"| ak | | style="text-align:center"| ak | ||
| = | | =ámi | ||
| | | akóy | ||
| aóy<br/>yoy | | aóy<br/>yoy | ||
| =yoy | | =yoy | ||
|- | |- | ||
! 2 | ! 2 | ||
| style="text-align:center"| | | style="text-align:center"| ka | ||
| =ká | | =ká | ||
| | | kami | ||
| koy | | koy | ||
| =koy | | =koy | ||
|- | |- | ||
! 3 | ! 3 | ||
| style="text-align:center"| | | style="text-align:center"| ra | ||
| = | | =rá | ||
| | | rami | ||
| | | ri | ||
| = | | =ri | ||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
If used as a core argument, the singular forms and the plural short forms may appear just before the clause-final auxiliary ''itá'',e.g. ''Nitori kā 'itá!'' (You are a fool); or the clitic form of the pronoun attaches to the main verb, e.g. ''Nitoriká 'itá!''. They may also be used to emphasize a noun, in which case the pronoun precedes the noun linked with the connective ''si='', as in ''tā si=naho'' (She/Her, the mother). | If used as a core argument, the intransitive singular forms and the plural short forms may appear just before the clause-final auxiliary ''itá'',e.g. ''Nitori kā 'itá!'' (You are a fool); or the clitic form of the pronoun attaches to the main verb, e.g. ''Nitoriká 'itá!''. They may also be used to emphasize a noun, in which case the pronoun precedes the noun linked with the connective ''si='', as in ''tā si=naho'' (She/Her, the mother). | ||
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| kattí | | kattí | ||
| | | yakkóy | ||
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-- | -- | ||
| | | nattóy | ||
|- | |- | ||
! 3S | ! 3S | ||
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| kattí | | kattí | ||
| kettá' | | kettá' | ||
| | | yannóy | ||
| | | | ||
| | | taróy | ||
|- | |- | ||
! colspan="8"| Plural x Plural | ! colspan="8"| Plural x Plural | ||
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In contrast to the intransitive forms, there are no clitic forms for the transitive pronouns. | |||
As earlier stated, nouns in Nankôre are not inflected, nor are case clitics attached to them to indicate case relations. Transitive verbs take two NPs as core arguments. The case relations of the two arguments are determined by the position of the noun in the animacy hierarchy; the core argument that is higher in the animacy hierarchy is assigned the Agent role, and the other argument is assigned the Patient role. However, an inverse affix ''tā=/tāh=/ta=/t='' is prefixed to the primary verb, as well as a redundant ''ta-'' affix that is added to the auxiliary to alter the argument structure and promote the lower-animacy argument to Agent role. | As earlier stated, nouns in Nankôre are not inflected, nor are case clitics attached to them to indicate case relations. Transitive verbs take two NPs as core arguments. The case relations of the two arguments are determined by the position of the noun in the animacy hierarchy; the core argument that is higher in the animacy hierarchy is assigned the Agent role, and the other argument is assigned the Patient role. However, an inverse affix ''tā=/tāh=/ta=/t='' is prefixed to the primary verb, as well as a redundant ''ta-'' affix that is added to the auxiliary to alter the argument structure and promote the lower-animacy argument to Agent role. | ||