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Different endings which reflect the conversation situation: speakers, familiarity, formality, location... | Different endings which reflect the conversation situation: speakers, familiarity, formality, location... | ||
===Intimate=== | |||
Agent prefixes aren't used. No ''t'' in inceptive. | |||
===Casual=== | |||
In casual register, verb forms are chosen differently when the subject is agent-like (he dances) or patient-like (he fell): ''latepóji'' (he danced AN) vs. ''bousoi'' (he fell INAN) | In casual register, verb forms are chosen differently when the subject is agent-like (he dances) or patient-like (he fell): ''latepóji'' (he danced AN) vs. ''bousoi'' (he fell INAN) | ||
In formal register, it is preferred to use only animate nouns as agents while abstract and inanimate are as antipassive subjects: '' | ===Formal=== | ||
Mandatory use of pronouns and agent prefixes. | |||
One may use inanimate verb forms as anti-honorific? ''Ondakon næ ka Nithki.'' (I humbly offer this to You) | |||
In formal register, it is preferred to use only animate nouns as agents while abstract and inanimate are as antipassive subjects: ''luwi... nas'' ("beauty-of.yours it-un-eye-ful-makes me-with", your beauty makes me blind) vs. ''en fø na'' (you are making me blind) | |||
Distinction between abstract and animate in some categories, such as verb conjugation | Distinction between abstract and animate in some categories, such as verb conjugation (''wa'') | ||
Can people with higher status be abstract or do they occupy a special animate category? (æ inside?) | |||
==Lexicon== | ==Lexicon== | ||