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===Verbal morphology=== | ===Verbal morphology=== | ||
Verbs are the most complex element of the Yrkyr morphology. They are composed of a stem to which inflectional or derivational prefixes are added. The stem itself is composed of a root and an aspect marker. Sometimes there is also a thematic suffix fused to the stem. The affixes that occur on a verb are added in specified more or less rigid order according to affix type. Positions of those types are called templates. A verb doesn't need to have all templates filled, but every verb must have at least one full template. Below is a table of all the Yrkyr verb templates: | Verbs are the most complex element of the Yrkyr morphology. They are composed of a stem to which inflectional or derivational prefixes are added. The stem itself is composed of a root and an aspect marker. Sometimes there is also a thematic suffix fused to the stem. The affixes that occur on a verb are added in specified more or less rigid order according to affix type. Positions of those types are called templates. A verb doesn't need to have all templates filled, but every verb must have at least one full template. Below is a table of all the Yrkyr verb templates: | ||
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When the subject is the third person and has a lower animacy than the object and vice versa, then the third inverse person marker is used. Sometimes this marker may be fused to the stem in old verbs. According to another analysis of these suffixes, the actual third singular person marker (both direct and inverse) is zero and vowels -e-/-i- appear during alterations in the stem of the verb. | When the subject is the third person and has a lower animacy than the object and vice versa, then the third inverse person marker is used. Sometimes this marker may be fused to the stem in old verbs. According to another analysis of these suffixes, the actual third singular person marker (both direct and inverse) is zero and vowels -e-/-i- appear during alterations in the stem of the verb. | ||
===Postpositions=== | ===Postpositions=== | ||
Yrkyr uses postpositions, some of which can be attached to nouns in the locative case, to mark various spatial and temporal relations. If standalone, all prepositions must take a person suffix, which is the same as possessive suffixes of nouns. For example: ''neke'' "away from it", ''kʷaŋ'' "towards me", ''čittyšihaskʷa'' "towards that stone". | Yrkyr uses postpositions, some of which can be attached to nouns in the locative case, to mark various spatial and temporal relations. If standalone, all prepositions must take a person suffix, which is the same as possessive suffixes of nouns. For example: ''neke'' "away from it", ''kʷaŋ'' "towards me", ''čittyšihaskʷa'' "towards that stone". | ||