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# The pronominal animacy hierarchy is: 1st >> 2nd >> 3rd. However, note that plural 3rd person arguments outrank all singular arguments. | # The pronominal animacy hierarchy is: 1st >> 2nd >> 3rd. However, note that plural 3rd person arguments outrank all singular arguments. | ||
# The present tense, when used as a narrative tense, often refers to past events. Adverbial markers referring to the distal past, such as ''yorai'', may thus appear with a present tense copula. | # The present tense, when used as a narrative tense, often refers to past events. Adverbial markers referring to the distal past, such as ''yorai'', may thus appear with a present tense copula. | ||
# Rather than using cases or adpositions to indicate thematic relations, Nankôre employs | # Rather than using cases or adpositions to indicate thematic relations, Nankôre employs [[Nankôre#Directional-Positional_Coverbs|coverbs ]] in verb serialization constructions. | ||
More information about the grammar can be found in the [[Nankôre]] wiki. Readers are directed to the sections dealing with the animacy hierarchy and familiarize themselves with the direct-inverse marking system of the copula, as well as the [[Nankôre#The_Verb_Complex|verb complex]]. | More information about the grammar can be found in the [[Nankôre]] wiki. Readers are directed to the sections dealing with the [[Nankôre#The_Nominal_Hierarchy|animacy hierarchy]] and familiarize themselves with the direct-inverse marking system of the copula, as well as the [[Nankôre#The_Verb_Complex|verb complex]]. | ||