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  • ==Case== ! colspan=2| Case
    3 KB (457 words) - 18:56, 13 March 2013
  • *Both subjects and objects of transitive verbs are in the direct case. When used with locative prepositions, it implies location. *The oblique I case is used for subjects of intransitive verbs. When used with locative prepositions, it implies motion towards an o
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  • ...ndings. The transitive endings correspond to PIE mi-conjugation, while the intransitive, passive and stative endings correspond to PIE passive endings. '''ABS''' - absolutive case<br />
    5 KB (793 words) - 13:24, 2 June 2017
  • ...basic word order is (Topic) (Ergative Noun) Verb (Absolutive Noun). So in intransitive sentences the word order is either V-S or S-V (if the subject is topicalise ...the word order, however it does mean that the subject takes the absolutive case e.g.
    29 KB (4,204 words) - 05:15, 22 August 2013
  • ...sons, animals, things, to a time, a place, etc., depending on the context. Case markers establish roles which noun phrases play in a sentence and also mark ...ay as the dual of animate nouns. The number marker always comes before any case markers and behaves either as a suffix or a clitic depending on the class o
    14 KB (2,281 words) - 11:49, 15 May 2022
  • ...en the topic of the sentence is a core argument of the verb (subject of an intransitive verb, agent or patient of a transitive verb). The indirect base is used whe intransitive, root
    27 KB (4,350 words) - 05:15, 22 August 2013
  • ...cusative), be appended a personal consonant identifying the subject of the intransitive verb. Verbs with 2 arguments require the argument ''furthest down the canon ...rent meanings expressed via variation in the verb argument's morphological case.
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  • == Case == ...is called "case." PAH nouns, adjectives, and verbal nouns inflected for case. Theoretically, any word order should then have been possible, but PAH ret
    10 KB (1,599 words) - 15:28, 21 March 2024
  • ...how they {{lg|Role Marking|mark}} the arguments in {{lg|Intransitive Verbs|intransitive}} and transitive verbs. The same can be done between transitive verbs and d ...and {{cyan|'''Recipient'''}}, which gives the same possibility as with the intransitive-transitive relation, subject vs agent & object. Here it is of course Object
    15 KB (2,250 words) - 20:53, 19 February 2020
  • ...abessive case|abessive case]] ({{sc|aka}} [[caritive case]] or [[privative case]]: 'without') | {{sc|abl}} || [[w:ablative case|ablative case]] ('from')
    18 KB (2,395 words) - 14:30, 18 April 2020
  • ...he subject of the transitive verb is marked differently, with the ergative case. Nouns are declined by 5 additional cases.. Verbs conjugate for 3 persons,
    4 KB (564 words) - 14:39, 7 July 2018
  • ...omewhat of a catch-all category, with many overlapping meanings, including intransitive counterparts of transitive verbs, middle voice, reflexive, reciprocal, stat ...with all causative exterior forms having a causative interior one (in this case, at least the reflexive and/or reciprocal meaning is present).
    20 KB (3,191 words) - 12:25, 23 January 2021
  • ...nine and neuter. Each gender has multiple inflectional paradigms governing case-number endings. ...rgone both simplifications and innovations from the original Ando-Valic 13-case system.
    14 KB (2,131 words) - 19:39, 12 August 2016
  • b) at the beginning of masculine nouns following the masculine nominative case particle na c) at the beginning of feminine nouns following the feminine absolutive case particle la
    14 KB (2,105 words) - 19:07, 17 July 2018
  • ...thic distinguishes [[w:Telicity|telic]] from atelic action by means of the case of the [[w:Direct object|direct object]]. The accusative is used for telic Because atelic action uses the genitive, a non-core case, to represent its object, the object cannot take verbal agreement, and thus
    11 KB (1,628 words) - 14:10, 8 February 2021
  • ...syllable is stressed, so the first syllable receives the secondary stress. Case markers and definite suffixes receive secondary stress too if the last syll ====Case marks====
    16 KB (2,405 words) - 16:06, 5 July 2021
  • ...use of accents. One example is where an accent determines the declensional case: ''haí'' "eye" and ''hài'' "with one's eyes"; ''sùuðe'' "he/she lies do ...must agree in animacy with all its arguments. All nouns, are declined for case and number. Animate nouns are declined in thirteen grammatical cases, while
    15 KB (2,327 words) - 18:15, 3 August 2020
  • ...e case marks the agent of a ditransitive verb and the active subject of an intransitive verb ...signals the patient of a ditransitive verb and the inactive subject of an intransitive verb.
    9 KB (1,242 words) - 14:29, 8 February 2021
  • ...ible and differ in response to discourse and pragmatic concerns. As is the case with many head-marking languages, it is rare to have both an overt subject ...econd-person markers on verbs, require using markers from two (or three in case of some verbs) sets of markers, for a subject and for an object. But when b
    13 KB (2,061 words) - 11:36, 10 July 2020
  • Nouns decline for number and case. ====Case====
    12 KB (1,694 words) - 01:25, 1 October 2021
  • ====Case==== *Absolutive (ABS): Subject of intransitive verbs and direct object of transitive ones
    6 KB (893 words) - 19:14, 15 July 2015
  • Class 5a nouns take either the prefix mi- or the prefix įh- in the absolutive case and have no prefixes. The absolutive case is used for the subject of transitive verbs, and both the subject and direc
    13 KB (1,578 words) - 14:12, 11 April 2021
  • ...sative aligned language, and has relatively free word order because of its case-marking, though word order tends towards S-O-V. ...or as modifiers, it is common to see '''ahāmatya''' stand alone, in which case it is thought of as a nominal, with the implication of “(that which is) w
    57 KB (7,227 words) - 11:26, 25 March 2021
  • ...must conjugate to agree with their subjects in person, number and, in the case of third person subjects, grammatical gender/animacy. This is done through ...y be used in a transitive sentence, a pronoun may be used at the end of an intransitive or reflexive sentence (even as this might break the usual VSO word order).
    36 KB (5,870 words) - 22:03, 17 January 2020
  • PAn had the following proclitic case-markers: '''na''' for ergative, '''ta''' for accusative, and '''a''' for di ...(I). The system of triggers indicate which element will be in the ‘direct’ case (D). Other elements revert to their original cases. In the Local and Instru
    10 KB (1,473 words) - 00:29, 31 March 2024
  • | Case = Yes ===Case system===
    22 KB (2,766 words) - 06:05, 20 January 2017
  • ...'''Eḥeiθymme''' has strict V2 word order despite the presence of extensive case marking. ...and the suffix '''-umma''', which morphs to '''-ymmē''' in the absolutive case, and '''amran''' is the imperfective verbal form from the root '''M-R-N'''
    44 KB (5,796 words) - 04:45, 1 April 2020
  • ...ion or state and can make up a clause by themselves. This is often not the case with non-finite verb forms, which rarely make up a clause by themselves and ...cative object by an noun phrase in the absolutive case (since the locative case is only used with place nouns):
    31 KB (4,874 words) - 05:47, 6 September 2021
  • ===Case=== ...rder is Possessed - Possessor, with the Possessor marked with the genitive case e.g.
    39 KB (6,064 words) - 14:18, 5 December 2019
  • | issue = got infected with a nasty case of ''topic-comment'' grammar, and needs to be treated accordingly. ...s likely that they once only differed in length, but such is no longer the case.
    14 KB (2,135 words) - 19:06, 5 July 2021
  • The following are suffixes. These come after the fusional case/aspect marker. ====Intransitive Verbs====
    24 KB (3,224 words) - 14:47, 25 July 2023
  • ....g. ''keyka-'' "is seen". The subject of patient focus verb is in the Abs. case and there can be no direct object. ...stated, e.g. ''keri-'' "rule". The subject of the verb is in the ergative case and the direct object in the absolutive.
    28 KB (3,899 words) - 21:46, 19 March 2020
  • ...el. For example: ''*keéčü'' "spruce" became ''*keečǘ-däx'' in the genitive case. The tone became no longer distinguished by Middle Proto-Carpathian, but it ...eight cases were proposed. Adjectives agreed with their nouns according to case and number just like in modern descendants, which may be an innovation, inf
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  • ====Case==== ! case
    20 KB (2,818 words) - 21:36, 4 July 2021
  • Pronouns, nouns, adjectives, and certain numerals decline (for case, number and often gender), while verbs conjugate for person and tense. The ...ages|Finio-Dhannic languages]]. Certain words appear to preserve a seventh case - the instrumental - but it is extremely rare to encounter this form in mod
    16 KB (2,462 words) - 20:47, 4 July 2021
  • ...ated within the same affix, often fused completely to the root (usually in case of nouns). Sometimes nouns are inflected for animacy (either animate or ina ...some (like ''unuara'' "to sleep") belong only to one type (in this case - intransitive, but technically it can be turned into transitive with a causative suffix:
    16 KB (2,467 words) - 09:34, 29 July 2019
  • ...positions can be attached, whose meanings may change depending on the used case. The suffixes and their conjunction with the postposition ''s'' 'in' are sh ...can be build. The status constructus of the nominative corresponds to the case genitive, the use of status constructi of the local cases will be discussed
    17 KB (2,584 words) - 14:12, 8 February 2021
  • ..., or case (with the exception being the construct state case marker). Core case relations are expressed by strict word order of the core noun arguments, wi ==== Case ====
    29 KB (3,886 words) - 04:53, 9 April 2023
  • ...ve and intransitive) evolved into seven (all of which can be transitive or intransitive in certain contexts), aided by a rigorous pattern of ablaut of verb prefixe ...ng vowels, while the short vowels have altered in quality. However, in the case of short and long historical */ɔ/, most speakers have merged them to /ɑ/;
    14 KB (2,028 words) - 15:05, 8 February 2021
  • ...the core arguments, illustrating the two-way distinction in the subject of intransitive clauses.|240px]] ...[w:volition (linguistics)|volition]] with the arguments. Depending on the intransitive verb, different cases would be used.
    33 KB (5,041 words) - 21:50, 4 July 2021
  • ...are shifting /ç/ to /ɬ/ are especially prone to do so in clusters. In this case, they shift /kç/ to a lateral affricate /tɬ/. ...re possible) of the following consonant (or with a glottal stop [ʔ] in the case of word final syllables). For example, the first syllable of "Seggeynni" ha
    21 KB (3,003 words) - 15:37, 7 January 2020
  • ...d a significant impact on the Ín Duári lexicon. Moreover, while it is the case that the Nidâri noun class system has been reduced to four classes, as opp Nouns inflect for gender, number and case. The original Proto-Duaric gender system consisted of at least eight noun
    16 KB (2,364 words) - 11:35, 28 March 2022
  • ...front and back vowels. This “weak” vowel harmony is most prominent in the case-inflection of nouns. Surprisingly, the central open vowel /a/ often agrees ...with the final vowel in the word stem with the exception of the possessive case, which only does so partially. There is an opposition between front ('''e''
    15 KB (2,395 words) - 12:16, 6 August 2018
  • .... This is, of course, highly unlikely, and many experts consider it just a case of folk etymology. The origin of the root of the name is unknown, although ...ectival prefix '''i-''' to form adjectives from nouns and pronouns. In the case of pronouns they serve to create the possessive adjectives for each person.
    14 KB (2,137 words) - 14:46, 15 October 2021
  • ...is not unusual to see several vowels next to each other in a word. In that case each vowel is a syllable, '''poua''' [pow.a], '''reia''' [ɾej.a]. ==== Intransitive ====
    20 KB (3,390 words) - 15:53, 21 March 2022
  • ...(linguistics)|derivation]], as here, it is not affected by [[inflection]] (case on nouns, tense on verbs, etc.). So, for example, the verb ''lu'' ("to be") In this case, the adjective ''sìltsan(a)'' (good) will need to stay with the noun ''trr
    28 KB (4,321 words) - 20:36, 18 October 2023
  • * No case, Welsh grammar The article inflects and triggers mutation based on number, case and gender.
    15 KB (2,308 words) - 22:01, 18 November 2023
  • ...st consonant usually assimilates to the second. but this is not always the case. Here, in the table below the most common assimilation types are shown. The ...stic unit that cannot be broken up in any way, while clitics (such as noun case clitics) are grammatical words, because they can be separated from the ling
    35 KB (5,462 words) - 12:28, 26 July 2021
  • ...the accusative - the patientive and the locative - the indirect or oblique case (locative has also the function of dative and marks an indirect object of a |+ Case suffixes
    35 KB (5,645 words) - 14:25, 4 December 2019
  • ...ncipal parts, of which there are three: the first-person singular (in this case, ''sprek''), the neuter third-person singular (''sprich'') and either the i ...inly verbs with separable prefixes) take the second object in the genitive case.
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