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==Faulty accusative== | ==Faulty accusative== | ||
The faulty accusative particle is ''ym'', which etymologically was a filler word like "um..." It is not a case marker; it comes before a constituent X when another constituent intervenes between the "verb" (the head of a clause) and X. | The faulty accusative particle is ''ym'', which etymologically was a filler word like "um..." It is not a case marker; it comes before a constituent noun phrase X when | ||
* X does not begin with a preposition | |||
* another constituent intervenes between the "verb" (the head of a clause) and X. | |||
:'''''A duvwñ, mol a tehd ym ob.''''' | :'''''A duvwñ, mol a tehd ym ob.''''' | ||
:SPEC teacher thank SPEC child FA 3SG.M | :SPEC teacher thank SPEC child FA 3SG.M | ||
:''The child thanks the teacher.'' (lit. 'The teacher, the child thanks him.') | :''The child thanks the teacher.'' (lit. 'The teacher, the child thanks him.') | ||
:'''''Room llyn ym þail pdai!''''' (also ''Room þail pdai llyn'', without ''ym'') | |||
:exist DAT-1SG FA milk blue | |||
:''I have blue milk!'' | |||
''Ym'' is not used when the subject is a pronoun: | ''Ym'' is not used when the subject is a pronoun: | ||