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====Person==== | ====Person==== | ||
=====Unipersonal agreement===== | =====Unipersonal agreement===== | ||
There is no unipersonal agreement in the Kiwi language; an intransitive verb, one that does not take an object, dos not conjugate according to the subject. Instead you use the personal pronouns or noun phrase in question. | |||
{{Gloss | |||
|phrase = Anā miʻā. | |||
|IPA = /ˈanaː ˈmɪʔaː/ | |||
|morphemes = anā miʻā | |||
|gloss = 1pc.NOM to_see.NFUT | |||
|translation = I see. | |||
}} | |||
{{Gloss | |||
|phrase = ʻUmāni yē | |||
|IPA = /ʔuˈmaːɲɪ ˈje̞ː/ | |||
|morphemes = ʻumāni yē | |||
|gloss = to_watch_out.NFUT 2pl.NOM | |||
|translation = Do watch out, guys. | |||
}} | |||
=====Bipersonal agreement===== | =====Bipersonal agreement===== | ||
The bipersonal prefixes agree with both the subject and the [[w:grammatical object|object]] simultaneously. They have the following transivity direction: {{sc|subject}}>{{sc|object}} | The bipersonal prefixes agree with both the subject and the [[w:grammatical object|object]] simultaneously. They have the following transivity direction: {{sc|subject}}>{{sc|object}} | ||