Nankôre: Difference between revisions

The verbal elements follow a relatively strict order.  The required elements for a VP to be well-formed are the Main Verb and the Copula.  Adjuncts are unbound morphemes, and exhibit rather free order; however, they are barred from appearing between the Inverse Marker and any following verb, be it the Coverb or the Main Verb.  If a Coverb appears between the Inverse Marker and Main Verb, an adjunct may appear between the Coverb and Main Verb.  However, if the Inverse Marker is not followed by a Coverb, then an adjunct may not appear between the Inverse Marker and the Main Verb.  Moreover, if Quasi-Noun Incorporation (QNI) takes place, an adjunct may not intervene between the Main Verb and the quasi-incorporated noun (QIN).

In terms of morphological complexity, the copula performs more functions than the verb.  The copula, in addition to redundantly mark the Inverse voice, also encodes tense, number, mood, and causation through a complex series of affixation.  Note the irregular Indicative Hodiernal tense form; the Inverse marker does ''not'' lengthen as it does for the rest of the paradigm.

{| class="bluetable lightbluebg sortable mw-collapsible"