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| | | ijana hemíul gotejo suevo | ||
| | | Ijan-IND.SG send-ERG.PST.1SG cap-ACC.SG new-T.ACC.SG | ||
| ' | | 'Ijan sent me a new cap'}} | ||
If neither argument for a verb is the second or first person, then Tevrés shows a type of [[w:Split ergativity|split-ergativity]], where the agent/donor of the verb is in the direct-genitive case and the patient/recipient in the dative-accusative, whilst the verb agrees with the most oblique argument (patient or recipient). | If neither argument for a verb is the second or first person, then Tevrés shows a type of [[w:Split ergativity|split-ergativity]], where the agent/donor of the verb is in the direct-genitive case and the patient/recipient in the dative-accusative, whilst the verb agrees with the most oblique argument (patient or recipient). | ||