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==Person marking== | ==Person marking== | ||
Verbs in Hantza have polypersonal agreement: | Verbs in Hantza have [[w:Polypersonal agreement|polypersonal agreement]]; they are conjugated for subject, direct object and indirect object. Since all the information required is provided on the verb Hantza is a [[w:Pro-drop language|pro-drop language]]. In addition to the nine grammatical persons marked for by [[Hantza/Nouns#Possession|possession]] prefixes, verbs may be conjugation for the reflexive and reciprocal. Neither the reflexive nor the reciprocal may occur in the subject position and the reciprocal cannot occur with a singular subject. In the list provided below the first prefix is used preconsonantly, the second prevocalically. Note that regressive phonological changes triggered by the verb stem that effect an alteration in the mode prefixes may in turn alter the person prefixes. | ||
* First person singular | |||
* First person plural | *First person singular: ''o-'', ''w-'' | ||
* Second person singular | *First person plural: ''as-'', ''azz-'' | ||
* Second person plural | *Second person singular: ''ku-'', ''kw-'' | ||
* Third person animate singular | *Second person plural: ''ra-'', ''r-'' | ||
* Third person animate plural | *Third person animate singular: ''tzi-'', ''tz-'' | ||
* Third person inanimate | *Third person animate plural: ''ang-'', ''ang-'' | ||
* Obviative | *Third person inanimate: ''po-'', ''pw-'' | ||
* Indefinite | *Obviative: ''ma-'', ''m-'' | ||
* Reflexive | *Indefinite: ''bi-'', ''biy-'' | ||
* Reciprocal | *Reflexive: ''-an-'', ''-an-'' | ||
*Reciprocal ''-e-'', ''-y-'' | |||
==Mode== | ==Mode== | ||