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== Verbs == | == Verbs == | ||
=== Alignment === | === Alignment === | ||
Broadly speaking, Proto-Haïdic is reconstructed as having a nominative-accusative morphosyntactic alignment system, as opposed to the Bäladiri alignment system of [[Proto-Maro-Ephenian]]. | Broadly speaking, Proto-Haïdic is reconstructed as having a nominative-accusative morphosyntactic alignment system, as opposed to the Bäladiri alignment system of [[Proto-Maro-Ephenian]]. Nouns in Proto-Haïdic decline for three cases; the [[w:Nominative case|nominative]], [[w:Accusative case|accusative]], and [[w:Genitive case|genitive]]. The verb agrees with its subject in person and number. | ||
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:autmargin:auto;" | |||
|+caption | Noun cases | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan="2" | | |||
! colspan="2" | Singular | |||
! colspan="2" | Dual | |||
! colspan="2" | Plural | |||
|- | |||
! <small>full</small> | |||
! <small>reduced</small> | |||
! <small>full</small> | |||
! <small>reduced</small> | |||
! <small>full</small> | |||
! <small>reduced</small> | |||
|- style="text-align:center;" | |||
! Nominative | |||
| ''*-i'' | |||
| rowspan="3" | ''*-Ø'' | |||
| ''*-āni'' | |||
| rowspan="3" | ''*-ān'' | |||
| ''*-īna'' | |||
| ''*-īn'' | |||
|- style="text-align:center;" | |||
! Accusative | |||
| ''*-u'' | |||
| rowspan="2" | ''*-ānay'' | |||
| rowspan="2" | ''*-ūna'' | |||
| rowspan="2" | ''*-ūn'' | |||
|- style="text-align:center;" | |||
! Genitive | |||
| ''*-a'' | |||
|} | |||
:{{interlinear|box=yes | |||
| *s’iɣɮ-īna walik’-u ayyi-thām | |||
| cat-NOM.PL milk-ACC.SG 3PL-CONCL/IPFV/drink | |||
| 'The cats are drinking the milk'}} | |||
=== Derived stems === | === Derived stems === | ||
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:autmargin:auto;" | {| class="wikitable" style="margin:autmargin:auto;" | ||