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===Ergative=== | ===Ergative=== | ||
The counterpart to absolutive is ergative. Any noun which takes a direct object must be marked with the particle ''ī''. (This particle is always paired with another noun phrase containing the particle ''ā'', and vice versa.) | The counterpart to absolutive is ergative. Any noun which takes a direct object must be marked with the particle ''[[Contionary: ī|ī]]''. (This particle is always paired with another noun phrase containing the particle ''[[Contionary: ā|ā]]'', and vice versa.) | ||
''Kāl '''ī''' chā ā ijun, kū’k plīnum t’āmīd.'' | ''Kāl '''ī''' chā ā ijun, kū’k plīnum t’āmīd.'' | ||
{| | {| | ||
| kāl '''ī''' | | [[Contionary: kāl|kāl]] '''[[Contionary: ī|ī]]''' | ||
||chā ''ā'' | ||[[Contionary: chā|chā]] ''[[Contionary: ā|ā]]'' | ||
||ijun | ||[[Contionary: ijun|ijun]] | ||
||kū | ||[[Contionary: kū|kū]] | ||
||uk plīnum | ||[[Contionary: uk|uk]] [[Contionary: plīnum|plīnum]] | ||
||ta āmīd | ||[[Contionary: ta|ta]] [[Contionary: āmīd|āmīd]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| <span style="font-variant: small-caps">2sg '''erg'''</span> | | <span style="font-variant: small-caps">2sg '''erg'''</span> | ||