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→Transitive Sentences
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It was the dog that bit the lizard in the forest. | It was the dog that bit the lizard in the forest. | ||
====Topicalisation==== | ====Topicalisation==== | ||
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However, the subject pronoun still come immediately before the verb, so sentences like */jô̰ gáʔɾ káiʔk/ are ungrammatical. | However, the subject pronoun still come immediately before the verb, so sentences like */jô̰ gáʔɾ káiʔk/ are ungrammatical. | ||
Prepositional phrases must come before the subject pronoun e.g. | |||
/pʰáˈzè̤t=dé jô̰ káiʔk gáʔɾ/ | |||
forest=in 2PS.ERG bite lizard | |||
You bit the lizard in the forest. | |||
When a verb takes an accusative pronoun as its object, it becomes intransitive i.e. the subject will be unmarked (in the absolutive case) and can come either before or after the verb e.g. | When a verb takes an accusative pronoun as its object, it becomes intransitive i.e. the subject will be unmarked (in the absolutive case) and can come either before or after the verb e.g. | ||
/kʰwèi̤ ŋí=káiʔk/ | /kʰwèi̤ ŋí=káiʔk/ | ||
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The dog will bite you. | The dog will bite you. | ||
or | or | ||
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When both the subject and the object of a verb are pronouns, the subject comes first and is in the intransitive case e.g. | When both the subject and the object of a verb are pronouns, the subject comes first and is in the intransitive case e.g. | ||
jéi=swí=káiʔk | jéi=swí=káiʔk | ||
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You are biting him. | You are biting him. | ||
It would be ungrammatical to say */jô̰ swí=káiʔk/. | It would be ungrammatical to say */jô̰ swí=káiʔk/. | ||
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The lizard bit the dog. | The lizard bit the dog. | ||
===Ditransitive Sentences=== | ===Ditransitive Sentences=== | ||