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| DEF-T.DIR.SG guard-DIR.SG DEF-T.DIR.SG king-DIR.SG GEN<nowiki>=</nowiki>count-ACC.SG kill-PST.PTCP-T.DIR.SG | | DEF-T.DIR.SG guard-DIR.SG DEF-T.DIR.SG king-DIR.SG GEN<nowiki>=</nowiki>count-ACC.SG kill-PST.PTCP-T.DIR.SG | ||
| 'the guard whose count the king killed'}} | | 'the guard whose count the king killed'}} | ||
Whilst applicatives are preferred to adjuncts, Tevrés explicitly disallows multiple applicatives, that is, multiple applicative prefixes attached to a single verb. Thus, **''çi garinon co-en-llavó lla sarvieja'' is ungrammatical. In cases where two or more object arguments must be added to a clause, one argument is expressed through a normal applicative voice, and the others will be introduced in adjuncts; usually prepositional phrases. Which argument takes the applicative voice is determined by a straightforward hierarchy chain. The highest argument on the chain takes the applicative, while the others adjuncts. | |||
: benefactive > comitative > locative > instrumental > malefactive > genitive | |||
Adjunct arguments are ignored as part of the nominal and verbal alignment paradigms. Therefor, verbs core arguments in these cases decline exactly as they would without the adjunct. The case that the adjunct is in is governed by the preposition introducing the phrase. | |||
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| çi garinos co-llavó en llo sarviejo | |||
| REFL-GEN friend-IND.PL COM<nowiki>=</nowiki>laugh-PST.NOM.1SG LOC DEF-T.ACC.SG library-ACC.SG | |||
| 'I laughed with my friends in the library' }} | |||
==Writing System== | ==Writing System== | ||