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==== Auxiliary verbs ==== | ==== Auxiliary verbs ==== | ||
;'''''*dəsu''''' | |||
:(''perfective aspect • emphatic'') Attaches to the infinitive form of a verb. | |||
;'''''*dəiarusu''''' | |||
:(''perfective aspect • continuing importance'') Attaches to the infinitive form of a verb. Formed of ''*dəsu'' + the copula ''*arusu''. | |||
;'''''*nusu''''' | |||
:(''negative'') Attaches to the irrealis form of a verb. Irregular stem; ''*n-'' in the irrealis, infinitive, conclusive, and imperative and ''*s-'' adnominal and realis; e.g. ''*daŋʷáenusu'' ('they do not sing') vs. ''*daŋʷáesu'' ('the one(s) that do not sing'). | |||
;'''''*nəsu''''' | |||
:(''perfective aspect • emphatic'') Attaches to the infinitive form of a verb. | |||
;'''''*kusu''''' | |||
:(''past tense'') Attaches to the infinitive form of a verb. Irregular stem; ''*k-'' in the irrealis, infinitive, conclusive, and imperative and ''*ŋ-'' adnominal and realis; e.g. ''*daŋʷáikusu'' ('they sang') vs. ''*daŋʷáiŋu'' ('the one(s) that sang'). | |||
;'''''*kiarusu''''' | |||
:(''reported past • hearsay • narrative tense'') Attaches to the infinitive form of a verb. Formed of ''*kusu'' + the copula ''*arusu''. | |||
=== Reduplication === | === Reduplication === |
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