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== Common features == | == Common features == | ||
* AuxVOS, with V a verbal noun (from topic final word order in | * AuxVOS, with V a verbal noun (from topic final word order in Classical Tseer) | ||
* Verbal nouns treated ergatively like in Irish ("my love to/by-him" means "his love for me") [a Standard Average Talman feature, opposite of SAE or Hebrew/JBA] | * Verbal nouns treated ergatively like in Irish ("my love to/by-him" means "his love for me") [a Standard Average Talman feature, opposite of SAE or Hebrew/JBA] | ||
* Large but closed class of auxiliaries, e.g. for tense marking, or things like "marbeh lisloach" 'forgives often' (shared to some extent by Anbirese) | * Large but closed class of auxiliaries, e.g. for tense marking, or things like "marbeh lisloach" 'forgives often' (shared to some extent by Anbirese) | ||
* | * Marks pluractionality by pluralizing the verbal noun | ||
* construct state marked by a reflex of the CTseer 3sg.m possessive pronoun ''in'' | |||
* construct state marked by a reflex of the | * Verb tenses work a lot like like in Jewish Babylonian Aramaic or Scottish Gaelic | ||
* Verb tenses work a lot like like in Jewish Babylonian Aramaic or | |||
** "in VN" or "on VN" for imperfective aspect unmarked for tense | ** "in VN" or "on VN" for imperfective aspect unmarked for tense | ||
** "after VN" for perfective aspect | ** "after VN" for perfective aspect | ||
** an auxiliary can be used to mark tense, which is relative to conjunctions like "before": "before (future aux)", "after (past aux)" | ** an auxiliary can be used to mark tense, which is relative to conjunctions like "before": "before (future aux)", "after (past aux)" | ||