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=== Auxiliaries === | === Auxiliaries === | ||
The auxiliary ''ri'' comes from ''ru2i'', the imperative of ''ra2ō'' 'to see'. ''Ri'' is not used in subordinate clauses: | |||
*'''''Ri''' Đavíð þax žin.'' = David is about to sleep. | |||
*'''''Pið''' Đavíð þax žin, u dal bə hapuð uras.'' = When David goes to sleep, he doesn't turn off the lights. | |||
The auxiliary ''ri'' comes from '' | |||
*''Ri Đavíð þax žin.'' = David is about to sleep. | |||
*''Pið Đavíð þax žin, u dal bə hapuð uras.'' = When David goes to sleep, he doesn't turn off the lights. | |||
Yes-no questions are marked by a rising intonation, using the focus particle ''=nr'' (cognate to Hebrew נא) after the word/phrase whose truth value is asked about, and dropping ''ri'' in sentences with a nominal subject. In sentences without a specific focused constituent, ''nr'' appears sentence-finally in sentences with no finite verb, and after the finite verb if there is one. | Yes-no questions are marked by a rising intonation, using the focus particle ''=nr'' (cognate to Hebrew נא) after the word/phrase whose truth value is asked about, and dropping ''ri'' in sentences with a nominal subject. In sentences without a specific focused constituent, ''nr'' appears sentence-finally in sentences with no finite verb, and after the finite verb if there is one. |
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